Meet the Stray Dog That Attends Every Protest in Athens

[DeSwiss]

Meet the Stray Dog That Attends Every Protest in Athens


Guardian says the dog's name is Kanellos. He appeared most recently at
deadly protests against Greece's new austerity measures, the Guardian
writes. (Image via AP)


Maybe the commotion excites him. He always sides with the protesters,
and has braved teargas and fire to be with them. (Image via Getty)


Crowds provide great treats for canine scavengers—like this milk bottle
in Syntagma Square. (Image via AP)


Or maybe he just hates the police. (Image via Getty)


There are other protest dogs, too. A Reddit user who lives in the
Exarxeia neighborhood of Athens says the Guardian misidentified
this dog, whose name is actually Louk. The confusion, he says,
stems from rich tradition of Athenian protest dogs:

These dogs live in Exarxeia and they don't belong to nobody. We
call them "the dogs of the movement" and there many of them, such
as ROZA, DICK, RIBO, PETROS, LOUCY. Its funny but they are our
comrades, we protect and feed them and they protect us as well.

(Image via AP)

http://gawker.com/5533563/meet-the-stray-dog-that-attends-every-protest-in-athens/gallery/

- You can always trust the instincts of a stray dog to know who you can trust. Cops ARE NOT on the list......

[IndianaGreen]

1. Videos of comrade Kanellos, the Greek protest dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWk1-jMNR6k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FTaVgqSiIk&NR=1

Lotsa video about Kanellos and other dogs protesting in Greece!

[xultar]

7. More pictures of Rebel Dog.

http://rebeldog.tumblr.com/

[troubledamerican]

16. Those photos make me happier than I've been since before Bush was installed

[SocialistLez]

2. I love the first picture! NT

[Solly Mack]

3. The top picture is priceless

K&R

[Canuckistanian]

4. This is really weird

I saw that dog in videos of the protest 3 days ago. It was only a fraction of a second, but I thought, "What's with this dog running around?"

As a dog owner, I'd say there's something significant here, but I can't place it.

It's just.... weird.

[xultar]

5. Are you guys kidding? That last picure is the prize pix. That dog looks so proud to be there.

Dogs are the royalty of society! We are lucky to have them we are lucky they'll even have us.

[roguevalley]

14. was it coolidge who said that any man who doesn't like dogs and

want them about doesn't deserve to be in the white house.

[noiretextatique]

6. smart dog...i love the picture of him barking at the cops

priceless.

[skipos]

8. Where is the proof that he doesn't have an owner who is a protester? nt

[elias49]

15. Who cares? Still a fucking great dog! n/t

[northernlights]

20. he's wearing a collar with tags

but it's great anyway. Love the pix.

[corpseratemedia]

9. i bet they'd kill the dog here:-(

[Peregrine Took]

10. That dog is getting too much publicity. I'm afraid that someone will

shoot him now as he's become a symbol.

[xchrom]

11. Recommend

[ellie]

12. I am a fan of Riot Dog on Facebook

He rocks.

[Historic NY]

13. He must belong to someone he has a collar & tag.

[leveymg]

17. The dogs are unharmed. Points up the difference between the European and American cops.

Hate to think about what American riot cops would do to these pooches.

[glowing]

18. First the press would have to acknowledge that there was a protest other than

a teabagging assembly... otherwise you'd never know anyone assembled anywhere or that the police decided to shoot at dogs.

[avaistheone1]

22. I am too.

I think American cops would have no problem brutalizing or even killing doggies.

[sabrina 1]

19. He's always on the side of the protestors.

Still, you have to give credit to the Greek police. If that was here, he would have been shot.

Some more great pictures of him:



December 23, 2008




March 4, 2009

More here: Kanellos, the Greek Protest Dog

[Ian David]

21. Yay, Riot Dog!

[Uncle Joe]

27. That pic on the left looks like a modern day Lord of the Rings Battle.

:rofl:

[zeos3]

31. Ha! Awesome!

[tuckessee]

23. American cops would kill that dog in a heartbeat.

Killing pets is one of the things they specialize in.

[geardaddy]

24. Bingo.

fuckers.

[EnviroBat]

25. That's one of the bravest dog I've ever seen!

There's video in which the riot police fire tear gas canisters at the crowd. When they shoot, The dog runs towards them! It's almost as if he's trying to protect the protesters!

[fishwax]

26. k/r for Kanellos

:kick:

[XanaDUer]

28. That first picture made me laugh out loud.

I really needed a laugh today.

[bloomington-lib]

29. His youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yax-adLCTgg

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Or maybe he hates the cops...

True story, one dog who's owner died, he basically became our mascot. We named him Socorrista, one of our volunteers took care of his medical needs. He had a good life, and he was a street dog.

Well, when Federales showed up that dog snarled. He hated them, with a passion.

Kanellos reminds me of that.

[Christa]

32. Dog is my co-pilot!

Or sum'thing like it :evilgrin:

Or in Dog I trust :evilgrin:


Nice one, deSwiss :pals: