A small dog who miraculously survived four days stranded on the ice along Detroit River and being hunted by a coyote is now in safe hands. His rescue involved persistent and concerned citizens from the United States and Canada combined with a lot of luck.
The tiny dog was first spotted on the open ice by wildlife photographers in Ecorse Michigan, CTV reported who spotted the dog on an ice floe.
The dog’s precarious plight came to the attention of Patricia Trevino, director of the River Rouge Animal Shelter in Michigan, who immediately put out calls for help. She contacted local fire departments and the coast guard, but they declined due to the danger involved. But she refused to give up.
“That’s a little life out there, we had to fight for him,” Trevino said, after the dog’s rescue. “We had to fight for him.”
While Trevino desperately sought help, the dog had another danger to deal with on top of the cold temperatures and icy waters – a coyote! The wild animal attempted to snatch the dog, but the dog somehow managed to evade him by moving further out onto the ice and then disappearing from sight.
Photographer Tim Epperly witnessed the dog’s struggle to survive. Kimberley Craig with WXYZ-TV reported that Epperly kept tabs on the dog for Trevino and saw the coyote. Throughout the four days the dog would disappear from view only to be spotted later.
The dog was on a small island in the middle of the river when father and son Jude Mead and Jude Mead Jr., co-owners of J
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