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Incredibly Badass Protest Pups From Around The World

Kanellos the Riot Dog jumped to fame when photographers noticed that the same dog kept showing up in photos of the 2008 Greek riots, like a more badass and adorable version of Where’s Waldo. But, as early as 2007, he was already legendary enough in Greece to merit his own folk song:
Like most of his human friends, Kanellos first became politically active during student protests but went on to support farmers, dock workers, and basically anyone who feels inclined to hurl blunt objects at police officers. As The Guardian put it, “The hound always seems to side with the protesters, whatever the dispute.” He was also “unfazed even by water cannon[read more]” and “appear[s] to be immune to the effects of tear gas,” raising the realistic possibility that Kanellos may have been genetically engineered in some anarchist’s lab somewhere for the specific purpose of screwing with riot control officers.
According to Greek outlets, Kanellos died in 2008 after spending his final months in a doggy wheelchair his student comrades got for him. But then, as police officers in Athens breathed a sigh of relief, something happened: Kanellos appeared again.
you can’t kick a ghost.” width=350 height=254 class=lazy data-src=”https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/2/1/2/740212_v1.jpg”/>Wikimedia CommonsNote that the kick doesn’t actually connect, because you can’t kick a ghost.
That turned out to be a separate, yet oddly similar dog called Loukanikos (or “Sausage”) who shared Kanellos’ commitment to fighting the power and became a media sensation during the anti-austerity protests of 2011. Wikipedia lists a second “Kanellos-lookalike” named Thodoris, while other sites simply speak of an indeterminate number of “Kanellos doppelgangers” barking for justice in the streets of Athens.
So yeah, based on the number of lil’ Kanellos running around, it looks like the original Riot Dog kept fairly busy when he wasn’t protesting, and his commitment to social issues is hereditary. But this isn’t a Greece-only phenomenon …

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