{"id":56590,"date":"2025-07-07T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=56590"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:30:00","slug":"one-dog-killed-after-attempt-to-attack-canoers-in-elderbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=56590","title":{"rendered":"One dog killed after attempt to attack canoers in Elderbank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELDERBANK:<\/strong> One dog that was threatening two canoers in Elderbank on July 5 was shot and killed by an RCMP officer, while two others who were with it ran off when the officer shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say they were called at approximately 1 p.m. when two canoers were threatened by the three vicious looking dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An RCMP officer responded to assist a man and a woman travelling in a canoe on the Musquodoboit River, near Hwy. 357.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The pair was being stalked by three vicious dogs, who were attempting to board the canoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arrival, the officer determined that the canoers were in imminent danger of bodily harm and fired a service weapon, killing one dog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two other dogs ran off following the gunshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deceased animal did not have a collar or identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information about the dogs is asked to contact police at 902-490-5020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at&nbsp;1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3&nbsp;Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #:&nbsp;25-95481<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56514&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELDERBANK: One dog that was threatening two canoers in Elderbank on July 5 was shot and killed by an RCMP officer, while two others who were with it ran off when the officer shot. Police say they were called at approximately 1 p.m. when two canoers were threatened by the three vicious looking dogs. An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[8708,6047,1713,8709,14,7524],"class_list":["post-56590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-canoers","tag-dog-attack","tag-elderbank","tag-musquodoboit-river","tag-rcmp","tag-rcmp-halifax-regional-detachment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}