Dog Survives After Family Attempts To Bury Him Alive

As Olga Lystseva drove along a highway in northern Russia, she noticed a sad and filthy German Shepherd on the side of the road. While at first she kept driving, she couldn’t stop thinking about him. So, she turned around and drove 9 miles back to where she saw him. Lystseva got some food for the dog and put him in the back of her car. For the entire 93-mile ride to Ukhta, 7-year-old Kiryusha slept soundly. Once there, Olga brought the dog to a rescue organization called Kind City. After the rescue shared photos of poor Kiryusha online, they got intel that he had come from the settlement of Yemva. The Owners Claimed Kiryusha Was “Unhealthy” Eventually, the rescue was able to locate Kiryusha’s original owners. It turned out that they attempted to kill him with an injection in his leg. The dog had part of his fur shaved where they injected him with what they assumed was a lethal dose. They then buried him in a remote spot near the side of the Ukhta-Syktyvkar highway. Quite the survivor, Kiryusha was miraculously able to dig himself out and wander to safety. The unnamed couple apologized for “their mistake” and insisted that their dog was “unhealthy” and needed to be “put down.” I wis...