Tragedy on the A1
Runaway German shepherd crosses the entire highway several times – and is eventually run over
A shepherd dog (symbol image) triggered an hour-long rescue operation on Autobahn 1 in Lower Saxony
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What a sad story: In Lower Saxony, an escaped shepherd dog wandered around on the autobahn for hours. The A1 had to be completely closed in places. Still, the dog didn’t survive the drama.
In Lower Saxony, a stray dog wandered around on the autobahn for several hours – causing hundreds of emergency calls. As the police in Rotenburg announced, the shepherd dog of a person involved in the accident broke the leash on Monday morning. He then walked between the Posthausen and Bockel junctions on both lanes.
The highway police then slowed down the traffic, later it had to be brought to a complete standstill. Any attempts to lure and capture the animal were unsuccessful. The dog therefore did not let anyone get closer to him for less than a hundred meters. During the escape, he also crossed the entire autobahn in both directions several times, according to the police “as if by a miracle unharmed”.
According to the information, several veterinary practices were called in and the possibilities of capturing or stunning the dog were considered. However, all measures were unsuccessful, so that by Monday afternoon around a hundred emergency calls regarding the dog had been received by the control center in Lüneburg.
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Some motorists also stopped on the hard shoulder, ran onto the roadway and tried to catch the frightened animal themselves. The police criticized this as “well-intentioned but highly dangerous behavior”. Ultimately, the officials wanted to set up a live animal trap – but it was not used because the dog had previously been run over by a car.