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  • 2020-12-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Did an Oklahoma Man Rescue a Dog That Had Been Chained to a Cage in the Woods? (en)
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  • Since at least September 2019, the website Science 101 has run the story, Man Thinks He’s Rescuing A Beaver Until He Gets A Closer Look. A variation of the headline also ran in an ad: Man Mistakenly Rescues 'Beaver' Then He Took Off Its Shirt. The story told of a man named Jim Passmore and his two dogs walking in the woods in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. In Science 101's protracted telling of the tale, Passmore stumbled upon a wounded animal in the creek. Passmore then noticed an abandoned pet kennel nearby, the kind used as a crate for air travel: The story ended with Passmore walking back down to the creek and rescuing what he thought was a beaver. It turned out to be a dog named Teddy. This story was extremely misleading. The bad news is the author combined images and details from two true stories about dogs found in the woods into one dramatic and false narrative. The good news is that the two real dogs were rescued and were doing well. In March 2017, it is true that Passmore, while walking his dogs, saw what he thought was a beaver, but it turned out to be a dog. Fox 23 published a video report, with journalist Lynn Casey calling the Collie mix named Teddy just about the saddest dog you have ever seen. Police and firefighters were on the scene to help rescue Teddy. Passmore posted several videos showing the rescue, including moments when a wheelbarrow was used to get Teddy from the creek and up the street to an animal control truck. In a completely separate incident, on an unknown date in 2018, a German shepherd named Genesis was found tethered to a tree by a thick cable in the woods in New Jersey. The Dodo reported that the dog was tied up near a neighboring apartment complex and that only a plastic doghouse and a few empty bowls were left to help her. Alex Kelly, an animal control officer with New Jersey's Irvington Township, retrieved Genesis. Kelly's photos included one showing Genesis tied up, the very same image that Science 101 cropped Genesis out of for the purpose of its fictional story. Below you can see the image posted in Science 101's story on the left, and the original on the right. The most recent photo of Teddy on his Facebook page, Teddy's Big Adventure, showed him in a new bed in front of a cozy fire. An adoption website and the Associated Humane Popcorn Park Shelter both confirmed that Genesis had found a home. In 2018 it posted this video of one happy girl: (en)
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