December 2011
24th December 2011
As I hadn't been to the site since October, I thought it was high time to go there before Christmas. On arrival, I was surprised to see a wolf-like animal in The Bowl. It turned out to be a dog of German Shepherd or Alsatian breed, and was very thin and nervous. It had presumably been abandoned. I got down and spoke softly to the scared animal and gained its trust. The only food I had with me was a small bag of honey biscuits in my camera bag, and the dog warily accepted the first one, before eating all of them. I left the site at 1135 to have lunch, but I was thinking about this poor animal all through the meal. After lunch, I filled a bag with dry dog food, filled a plastic bottle with drinking water, and returned to the site. I spent several minutes searching the SQ, but the dog was nowhere to be found. I wonder if he/she survived, or died alone somewhere ?