If you've been watching footage of the Greece Riots, and you keep seeing that a dog darting amongst protesters and squaring up to the police and you've been thinking, 'Weird, that dog looks so familiar', you're right. He is familiar. Because he's been out front of numerous protests and marches in Greece for the past two years.
A Photo Essay Of Riot Dog
Makes you wonder if that dog's an old reincarnated anarchist. Or maybe he just digs the excitement and crowds.
A Redditer provides more details :
I live in Athens and this dog is very famous and everybody feeds and loves this animal. BUT his name is LOUK,from Loukanikos a word that means sausage ,because he used to eat sausages all the time.He lives on the street,he has no master and he, along with 4-5 other dogs comes to every demonstration here in Athens.
This Redditer tells an amazing tale about another riot dog named Kenellos :
More Discussion On Athens' 'Dogs Of The Movement' HereThe members of Indymedia athens, used to feed him. When Kanellos was caught by the dog catcher 4 years ago ,a demo of 400 people took place and we released him from the dog catcher!
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