Aurora Animal Control claims longtime family dog is wolf hybrid, won’t return him to owners Fox 31 Denver ^ | March 12, 2017 | Tammy Vigil
The family's veterinarian also says the same thing. But Aurora Animal Control thinks Capone is a wolf-hybrid.
"It's been real painful," 11-year-old Ciara Abbato said.
"Our German shepherd, Capone, got out Feb. 24. He jumped the fence. It’s the first time in the seven years we’ve lived here," said Capone’s owner, Tracy Abbato.
Aurora Animal Control picked up Capone that day, but turned away his family when they tried taking him home.
"They say he is a hybrid-wolf now and don't want to release (him) back to us because he is an exotic animal,” Abbato said.
The city ran a DNA test to determine his breed on March 1 and if the results prove he's a wolf-hybrid, the family dog could be put down.
Animal control said based on Capone's mannerisms, behavior and physical characteristics, they suspect he is part wolf.
"I am 100 percent confident he is not a wolf, not a doubt in my mind," Abbato said.
But while they await the test results, Capone sits in the Aurora Animal Shelter, away from his family and his two buddies who've grown up together from puppies.
"It's hard for me. It's hard for my kids. He's a family member. We've had him for almost 10 years. We miss him," Abbato said.
Poster' Note: Wolves aren't bad people. They have acquired a bad reputation from the hard way they have to make a living in the wild. We think we're better than they are because we get our food from 30 miles away at a slaughter house under conditions more cruel than what wolves inflict. A wolf raised in a loving family has a personality like an affectionate and protective five year old kid. We have piles of them in my section of the country kept as pets. The animal control people need to be euthenized in this instance as a penalty for kidnapping.
