RIP Loukanikos

wendell borton · 10-10-2014 7:26am #1

Loukanikos aka riot dog who confronted riot police during anti austerity protests in Greece has died.

Sad news from Greece – Loukanikos, the valiant dog who faced down Greek riot police during the height of the eurozone crisis, has died.

Greek media report that Loukanikos (Greek for sausage) passed away peacefully, having retired from protests in 2012.

Loukanikos began hitting the headlines in 2010, when the stray hound began appearing in the front line of anti-austerity protests.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/09/greece-riot-dog-loukanikos-dies-eurozone-crisis

holystungun9 · 10-10-2014 7:48am

Mmmm sausage.

jamesbere · 10-10-2014 7:50am

He looked like he was enjoying himself.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan · 10-10-2014 8:11am

Here's a picture of him fighting the good fight.

jellyboy · 10-10-2014 8:29am

Woof woof Growl Woof (he just found charlie haughey )

Mr. Incognito · 10-10-2014 8:46am

Seriously?

No really.

Seriously?

wazky · 10-10-2014 9:10am

RIP

My condolences go to his bitches.

iDave · 10-10-2014 9:54am

So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.

BoJack Horseman · 10-10-2014 9:59am

iDave wrote: »

So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.

It will be moved to 'Politics' shortly.

fleet_admiral · 10-10-2014 10:21am

Goodnight sweet mutt

nelly17 · 10-10-2014 10:24am

iDave wrote: »

So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.

He smoked weed

Sheeps · 10-10-2014 10:28am

Sad day for dog kind.

MarkR · 10-10-2014 10:31am

So a dog barked at some cops? How many days of mourning are they going to have?

griffdaddy · 10-10-2014 10:33am

iDave wrote: »

So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.

He featured in Time magazine and was famous around the world. He's probably done more as a dog than you have as a person.

take everything · 10-10-2014 10:34am

That's ruff

Egginacup · 10-10-2014 10:37am

MarkR wrote: »

So a dog barked at some cops? How many days of mourning are they going to have?

More than there'll be for you.

iDave · 10-10-2014 10:54am

griffdaddy wrote: »

He featured in Time magazine and was famous around the world. He's probably done more as a dog than you have as a person.

I got into the Meath Chronicle :P

Rory28 · 10-10-2014 10:56am

poor little doggie. cool pics tho.

MarkR · 10-10-2014 10:58am

griffdaddy wrote: »

He featured in Time magazine and was famous around the world. He's probably done more as a dog than you have as a person.

But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.

fryup · 10-10-2014 10:58am

i heard he was a son of a bitch

Rory28 · 10-10-2014 11:00am

MarkR wrote: »

But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.

He was the hero Greece deserved not the hero Greece needed.

Tabnabs · 10-10-2014 11:00am

The little fcuker could not keep away from trouble

https://www.google.ie/search?q=greek+riot+dog&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8K03VKfBOJLY7AaC_4CgBw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=611

DeadHand · 10-10-2014 11:05am

Bow Wow Zedong.

DeadHand · 10-10-2014 11:13am

iDave wrote: »

I got into the Meath Chronicle :P

Courts section?

RobbingBandit · 10-10-2014 11:40am

Awesome dog.

mikom · 10-10-2014 11:56am

Everybody paws for a minutes silence.

Putinovsky · 10-10-2014 12:02pm

MarkR wrote: »

But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.

I think the main point was the dog was protective of the people rather than the police, it was able to distinguish between who the real aggressors were. The dog acted towards the protesters like a dog would towards its owner if its owner was being attacked.

I know its mostly symbolic but it became a huge narrative

Philo Beddoe · 10-10-2014 12:06pm

MarkR wrote: »

But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.

Take a look at any crime thread on AH. All those angry tabloid-readers raging about lenient sentencing in Ireland and how the country's sinking into chaos. Have any of them done more to deserve an RIP than Riot Dog?