Reason No. 647 Why Juno Can Never Be a Stray

This is Juno:

This is a coyote:

And this is a Shiba Inu:

In Kentucky, a stray dog was picked up by a police officer and taken to the humane society. The shelter told the police that it was a coyote and they couldn’t take it in. Despite some hesitations about their verdict, the police officers weren’t the animal pros here, so they called a wildlife expert for advice, who told them coyotes needed to be either put back in the wild or killed. So, they took the canine behind a home improvement store and let her go.

Problem is, this wasn’t a coyote. The dog they released was an 11-year-old, AKC- registered Shiba Inu, who is now out in the wild (presumably in an area that has real coyotes), fending for herself.

Maybe I could see someone thinking a Shiba Inu is a fox, especially if they don’t see very many dogs. Or thinking a husky or malamute is a wolf. But a shelter worker thinking this dog is a coyote gives me just one more reason never to let Juno out of my sight. I guess the only good thing is that they didn’t opt for putting down the “coyote,” so maybe she’ll still make it home safely.