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Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon) (alienmelon@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 02:10:23 JST Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)

i just learned about “riot dogs” (stray dogs that for no knowable reason join in when people protest, and protect protesters from police), reinforcing my view that all dogs are good boys https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_dog
(i am not a dog person so this is an unbiased nonpartisan dog assessment)
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  Riot dog
  
  A riot dog is a stray dog that accompanies street protesters. The term originated during the 2008 Greek riots when a number of stray dogs remained among the protesters even when violent rioting broke out. A few of Greece's riot dogs acquired a large following of fans around the world (such as Loukanikos), and in Chile a riot dog named Negro Matapacos became well known. In Greece Loukanikos Loukanikos (Λουκάνικος: the sausage loukaniko) or more commonly Louk (Λουκ), sometimes confused by the media for Kanellos, was present at nearly every protest in Athens up until 2012. This stray has ostensibly become the symbol of Greek protests against the IMF- and ECB-prompted austerity measures. There's uncertainty about the claim that Loukanikos and Thodoris may, in fact, be the same dog however this was later confirmed false after Loukanikos died due to ingestion of tear gas, due to constant protesting. In September 2011, on the occasion...
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  Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 (blaise@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 04:14:13 JST Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3
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  Oh, there's a classic #argentina film called "mi mejor enemigo" about a dog in Patagonia that wanders between #Chile and Argentine soldier camps.
  
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