The Brief
- A Woodstock man fought a raccoon with his bare hands to save his pug, RoRo.
- The owner used a “headlock roll” and punches to free the dog during the attack.
- The dog survived with tail injuries while the owner began rabies shots.
WOODSTOCK, Ga. – Sean Yanes went to extremes to save his dog from a raccoon attack in his own Woodstock backyard.
Man fights raccoon to save his pug ‘Roro’
What we know:
Sean Yanes was outside his Woodstock home with his pug, RoRo, when a raccoon charged the dog. The wild animal latched onto RoRo’s tail and began dragging her away. Yanes initially tried to kick the raccoon and strike it with a stick, but the animal remained attached to the dog’s tail.
The struggle escalated into a “headlock roll” as Yanes and the animals tumbled down a hill. His wife, Ashley Yanes, heard RoRo’s high-pitched squeal and ran to assist. Sean Yanes reported punching the raccoon more than 10 times as hard as he could before eventually grabbing the animal by the scruff and squeezing its neck to force a release.…