A HEARTBROKEN canine might die after crying all evening and refusing meals because it grieves for its proprietor who drowned days in the past.
There are fears a dog who saw her owner vanish below the damaged ice of a frozen Russian river “will die of desolation”.
For 4 days, mongrel Belka solemnly sat close to the place her grasp Nikolai Khalanchuk, 59, vanished into the frozen waters of the 23ft-deep Ufa River.
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He had taken a shortcut throughout the frozen river on his bicycle however the ice was too skinny and it fell away beneath him.
Belka watched on as determined efforts had been made to avoid wasting her proprietor by fishermen who had been at close by ice holes.
Nikolai’s nephew held out a pole for him to seize onto however the bicycle owner was too chilly and he sank additional and additional down into the depths under.
Native man Ruslan Ilyasov mentioned: “His relative held out a pole to Nikolai, however he was so frozen that he was bodily unable to seize it.”
Ultimately, Nikolai’s physique was discovered on the backside of the river, 4 days after the incident.
Throughout that point, loyal Belka refused to surrender hope and stored vigil on the ice, or the close by shore.
She “howled all evening” calling for her grasp, locals mentioned.
Regardless of a number of makes an attempt by Nikoali’s household to convey her house, the pooch continued to return to the spot the place she noticed the tragedy happen.
Locals say that the canine and her proprietor had been “inseparable”.
Nikolai’s brother has now taken Belka house, and guarantees to look after the canine, however is fearful that she’s going to by no means get well from seeing her proprietor vanish into the river.
Sergei advised RT: “Nikolai took her as a pet, I do not even bear in mind the place he obtained her from.
“However that they had such love.
“She actually adopted Nikolai and by no means left his facet.
There isn’t a creature extra loyal than a canine…she remained trustworthy to the tip.
Native emergency employee
“She’s been with him her entire life.”
“I’ll take Belka to my place, however I am undecided that I can exchange Kolya [Nikolai],” he added.
Sergei revealed that the bereaved canine remains to be refusing to eat after an area girl tried to convey her meals which Belka refused to have.
A video confirmed Belka patiently ready and watching within the hope of seeing the return of her beloved proprietor.
The native girl recorded a video of her saying, “The canine, feminine, very affectionate, does not go anyplace.
“I introduced some meals, however she will not eat.”
AiF information outlet mentioned: “Many doubt that the trustworthy canine will be capable of neglect her proprietor.
“They are saying that she’s going to maintain coming right here, and if she is chained up, she’s going to die of melancholy.”
An emergency rescuer advised the native media: “There isn’t a creature extra loyal than a canine.
“All these 4 days Belka waited and believed…the hope within the canine’s eyes light.
“However she remained trustworthy to the tip.”
Tragically, Nikolai’s spouse had died in a boating accident on the identical stretch of the Ufa River seven years in the past.
On that event, Nikolai had been saved regardless of spending hours within the frozen water, however it left him a widower and Belka – who he raised from a pet – was the farmworker’s companion.
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