Former cowboy lassos dogs in Wash. state canal

[xchrom]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_CANAL_DOGS_RESCUED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-02-13-23-32

MOXEE, Wash. (AP) -- A farmworker who says he learned how to lasso 30 years ago while working on a cattle ranch in Mexico still knows his ropes.

Jesus Villanueva was working near Moxee, Wash., on Wednesday when he heard a disturbance along the Roza irrigation canal. A woman and her husband were trying to save their two dogs being swept away in the current. The dogs couldn't climb up the steep concrete sides of the canal.

A Yakima sheriff's deputy had a rope but was having no luck. It took Villanueva just one lasso for each dog to bring them ashore.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports ( http://bit.ly/qeSqju ) Noya Deats had run nearly three miles along the canal, trying to save her dogs while calling her husband and the sheriff's office for help.




***thank you jesus!:yourock:

[dionysus]

1. thats awesome.

[xchrom]

2. i thought so. nt

[Common Sense Party]

3. Get along, little doggies.

[immoderate]

4. How long before Immigration catches up to him?

:shrug:
Another "Hero Gets Deported" story in the making?

--imm

[dionysus]

5. is't it kind of prejudiced to assume everyone with a spanish sounding name is here illegally?

:shrug:

[immoderate]

6. Not everyone. Just the heroes.

Yes, I am guilty of that. I thought of making a disclaimer...

However, there are many on this site who would assume, it being me, that it's an attempt at satire or humor, and in this case a situation that we've all heard of, and a reiteration of "no good deed goes unpunished." Satire is kind of "fair use."

So I decided it was best to leave the post pure, and explain if necessary. I bet that someone out there, some good citizen, checked on this guy's background. And maybe he's as pure as Selena Gomez, but the dots are there, so I connected them in a way that shows the state of irony we live in.

For the record, I would not deport anybody that is not demonstrably a horrible person. I don't even believe in borders! :)


--imm

[dionysus]

8. thx, wasnt trying to bust on you.

[immoderate]

9. iNo problemo!

:hi:

--imm

[EFerrari]

10. Don't worry. La Migra doesn't always check, either!

[immoderate]

11. I'm worried about the odd "good citizen."

:hi:

--imm

[Shagbark Hickory]

7. Phew. From the title I thought this was another case of animal abuse

[tblue37]

12. Here's a picture of the people and their pups--and the hero who saved them.

http://www.yakima-herald.com/images/photos/2011/09/01/090111_AS

[KT2000]

13. How cool is that!?

pretty darn cool! :bounce:

[petronius]

14. Great story, glad the dogs are OK! Seems like WA might want to consider installing

some escape options - for example, float lines across the canal at intervals. Probably wouldn't help a dog, but a person would have something to grab on to...

[Hepburn]

15. OMG...the story brought tears to my eyes.

What a precious picture! Thank gawd everyone and the dogs are OK.

[Quantess]

16. Sweet!