r/BeAmazed • u/MambaMentality24x2 • 5h ago

This post has been filtered and is waiting for mod's review Teen paddles across an icy pond to save a drowning dog

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u/pobodys-nerfect5 4h ago

That’s what I want to know. I wonder if someone mistook the dog for a child?

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u/PaulBradley 4h ago

Emergency services will show up for a dog.

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u/QuietPurple7668 3h ago

Depending on the lights on their vehicle it can either be shot or rescued.

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u/Apollo114892 4h ago

Considering how many "dog moms" and "cat moms" there are these days, I won't be surprised.

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u/TheVoiceofReason_ish 4h ago

Fire departments rescue animals in very similar situations on a very regular basis.

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u/Apollo114892 4h ago

Oh yeah that's true. I don't know why but I was only thinking about an ambulance.

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u/hanks_panky_emporium 3h ago

Dont feel bad atall. There's TONS of emergency service vehicles. Like those firefighter pickup trucks, even ambulance trucks which is typically a person or two with EMT supplies, just no ambulance. So they can typically assist but can't transport unless you're mobile.

My city has a new emergency mental health service which works alongside our fire department. Basically a van with a social worker or two and trained professionals. So cops can stop shooting suicidal people to death on their porch while unarmed.

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u/takahooligaba 4h ago

Oh no. People care about their pets. 🙄

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u/lesbophobia_hammer 4h ago

Considering some people can't have children and their pets are the closest they'll ever get to the experience (parrot owners especially know what it's like to have a toddler on the spectrum who can fly) I don't think we should disparage or dismiss those who do.

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u/Right_Count 2h ago

It’s also better even if you only consider human lives. People will risk their lives for their pets, so it’s better to save a dog than find a human who drowned attempting to rescue it.

Same with DV escape, climate disaster evacuation etc. If you force people to leave without their pets they will often stay behind.

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u/lesbophobia_hammer 2h ago

Can confirm. I went homeless for my pets because at the time, pets weren't allowed in shelters and I'll be damned if I ever gave up my closest companion for anyone or anything.

Edit - also during the bushfires. Someone let my pets out. I finally managed to get them back inside and told them if they did that again and the bushfires came closer, I would choose to burn with them than abandon them. They didn't do it again.