A mistake came out: Estonians rescued a dog from an icy river, and it turned out to be a wolf

In Estonia, three workers helped a dog get out of an ice trap: the animal fell through the ice and kept afloat with the last of its strength. The men took the frozen and wet dog to the veterinarians, but they said that it was not a dog, but a wild and dangerous animal.

Three builders arrived early in the morning at the Sindi dam — the men were working on strengthening the structure on the Estonian Pryanu River and were already at their workplaces around eight in the morning.

But the day began for them with a rescue operation. The workers noticed that a dog was floundering in the middle of the river. Apparently, he tried to cross the river, but the thin ice could not withstand his weight and failed.

The dog was trapped and could not get out of the water. The men immediately rushed to the aid of the poor animal: they cleared the way to the shore from the ice and helped the dog swim out of the water.

The dog was shaking from the cold, his fur was covered with ice, and the men tried to warm him up somehow.

The dog endured all manipulations over himself calmly, apparently, fatigue affected. No one knows how many hours she spent in the water before she was discovered by builders from the dam.

The men decided to take the unfortunate animal to the vet to make sure that the February bathing in icy water did not harm the dog. The heavy dog had to be carried to the car, he was so exhausted. He was laid on the floor of the car, and he behaved very quietly throughout the trip to the city of Pärnu, which was ten kilometers from the dam. The dog settled on the legs of one of the men and slept all the way.

When the dog-bather was brought to the veterinarians, they immediately noted his serious condition, because the animal spent all its strength fighting for survival. They began to warm him up and put restorative injections, and when the doctors examined the wet dog more closely, they suspected that they were not facing a dog, but a dangerous predator that could bite by the side.

To confirm their thoughts, the veterinarians invited a hunter, and he confidently declared that it was a wolf. A young and barely alive wolf.

Doctors were able to establish that the wolf is just over a year old. According to them, if the workers had not helped him, the young animal could have died. The men who thought they were saving the dog were lucky: the top spent all its strength on survival and, fortunately, did not pose any danger.

Doctors helped the wolf to recover and a few days after the incident they released him to his relatives