Rare even in the USA
Dog “shoots” at its sleeping owner
What should have been a peaceful night's sleep ended in a painful moment of shock for a man in Memphis (USA): his own dog accidentally fired a shot - and hit him in the leg.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen According to the police in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday, the man was asleep in bed when his pit bull named Oreo jumped onto the bed and got his paw caught in the trigger of a firearm lying around.
According to the police report, the dog "got his paw stuck in the trigger guard" and triggered the shot.
Dog is considered "very playful"
The dog's owner suffered a graze shot to the thigh in the incident and was treated in hospital. Local TV station Fox 13 Memphis quoted the man's girlfriend as saying that the one-year-old Oreo was "very playful" and liked to jump around.
Shots by animals rare, but do happen
The incident has now made it clear to her and her partner that loaded firearms should always be secured. Shots fired by animals at people are rare, even in the USA, despite the ubiquity of firearms.
Most recently, two years ago, a 30-year-old man died in Kansas after a German shepherd stepped on a hunting rifle and fired a shot.
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