This is a wolfdog, but it is not Chief the wolfdog.

There have been a lot of dangerous dogs covered in PopFi’s long history, from death row escapees to vicious Pomeranians, but there hasn’t been a story like Chief.  Chief, a wolf-dog hybrid like the one seen above, was sentenced to death row in Louisiana until a judge stepped in and gave him a reprieve.  Chief the wolf-dog has gotten sent from doggy death row to the Louisiana State Penitentiary, guarding the perimeters of the massive Angola prison farm.  District Judge James Best, who signed the euthanasia order, commuted Chief’s sentence to a life in prison and shipped him off to the farm.

Deputy Warden Bruce Dodd said prison officials in Angola read about Chief’s exploits in New Roads and decided that a dangerous wolfdog who loves to roam would be great at guarding the prison’s 18,000 acres of farmland.  Sounds about right to me, given the dog’s temperament.  I’d much rather see a dog get put to good use than get put down, so here’s hoping Chief makes a better prison employee than he does a neighbor.

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