This story is funny and tragic at the same time. It can be allowed to be funny because he looked so silly with it on. It is tragic because he was unable to eat, drink, or breathe properly and we don't know how long it was on there. We do know that he was very thirsty when we finally got it off of him, but he is fine now.
This doesn't happen often but when it does it is only because of one of two things. Either he was scavenging for food and it just happened to get stuck on him, or someone put it on him for a laugh and then was heartless enough to not take it off. I don't think anyone is so cruel as to put it on him with the intention of killing him with it, but you never know.
Let's try to stay positive though and presume it was an accident.
We got a call about this situation from a concerned tourist that noticed him running around with this on. They tried to approach to help but were afraid because he growled at them and would run away. They were correct to be afraid. You should try to help dogs when you can but it is important to remember that dogs are capable of causing you great harm when they are scared.
There is also the problem of the fact that if it is really stuck on there good, you could actually harm the animal by removing whatever it is that is stuck on them. This isn't an issue that you will encounter all that often and in my years of handling thousands of stray animals this is only the 2nd time I have ever seen it.
It took us quite some time to get it off of him and in the end we needed the assistance of a sedative to calm him down enough to get it off. The crinkling sound of the plastic when we would mess with it would agitate him and he was harming himself and trying to harm us when we were trying to help. It is quite common for vets to need to sedate an animal when things like this need to be done but the dosage needs to be precise so yet again, this is not something you should try to administer yourself because if you use too much, you can kill the animal.
Afterwards we gave him some food, checked for other issues, got him vaccinated and washed, then took him back to where we found him. This is all we can really do because we have no space to house him. once the bottle was off of his head he was far more agreeable and friendly. I think he knew at that point that we were there to help and not to harm.
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