Dog catches bus ... and escapes coyotes

[Mugu]

By SUN MEDIA, edmontonsun.com

CALGARY -- Coyotes had already drawn blood from Hugh Magill's cherished dog Duke when Calgary Transit driver Dawn Hagel came to the rescue.

Early Tuesday morning while shuttling commuters, Hagel noticed a pair of coyotes menacing a dog that had taken refuge beneath a parked pickup truck.

"I thought, 'There's a puppy underneath that vehicle,' so I immediately thought I can't leave that dog there," said Hagel, a 3 1/2-year Calgary Transit driver. She simply opened the bus door like she would for any passenger and Duke didn't hesitate to take up the invitation - scurrying aboard.

"He was in the bus in a heartbeat - he knew it was a much-better fate," said Hagel, who owns two dogs of her own. "That dog was breakfast."

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[Pierre.Suave]

1. Neat

[raccoon]

2. Canada and Canadians are wonderful.

Most of them, that is. You got a few bad apples like mass murderers/serial killers once in a while.

[ThomCat]

3. Quick thinking and kind.

:)

I'm glad the dog wasn't too panicked to see the way out and got on the bus. Poor dog. I'm glad he's okay.

You have to wonder about letting a dog wander outside in a place that has coyotes though. :(

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. The dog could have just gotten out

Mick's gotten loose a few times. We have coyotes, but I think he could hold his own with a coyote. Unfortunately, he'd probably think he could take on a bear.

[applegrove]

5. What a good deed. Poor puppy.

[GCP]

6. A grateful Magill credited the bus driver with probably saving his dog's life.

"Probably"????