This is the moment a brave Jack Russell gave her life to save her ten-year-old owner from an attack by a wolf.
The child named Yemelyan was playing hide-and-seek with his siblings in Russia‘s northern Komi Republic.
The video shows the boy hiding in a pile of snow – unaware that a wolf had emerged from the nearby forest.
The child named Yemelyan was playing hide and seek with his siblings in Russia’s northern Komi Republic
Jack Russell Jessie spotted the extreme danger to Yemelyan and ran like a bullet to challenge the huge wolf.
A CCTV camera on Yemelyan’s nearby family home sees Jessie dart across the snow like a tiny grey comet.
Footage hears the terrier’s high-pitched yell as the wolf viscously attacked the brave dog.
The video shows the boy hiding in a pile of snow – unaware that a wolf had emerged from the nearby forest
Jack Russell Jessie spotted the extreme danger to Yemelyan and ran like a bullet to challenge the huge wolf
Footage on the CCTV hears the terrier’s high-pitched yell as the wolf attacked the brave dog
Meanwhile the cry alerted Yemelyan who had time to run from danger and tell his parents about the attack.
His father Ruslan summoned his friends, including local hunters, and rushed outside.
The wolf dropped the terrier, which was clenched in its mouth, and fled into the forest.
The child named Yemelyan (pictured) was playing hide-and-seek in the snow while the wolf stalked his movements
Meanwhile the cry alerted Yemelyan who had time to run from danger and tell his parents about the attack
Tragically Jessie (pictured) was found still alive but severely wounded and covered in flood
Tragically Jessie was found still alive but severely wounded and covered in flood.
She died soon afterwards in the arms of Yemelyan’s mother, Marina, on the way to the clinic in regional capital of Syktyvkar.
Speaking about the attack, Ruslan said: ‘I called my friends and they quickly arrived, following the wolf’s trail,’ he said.
‘The tragedy happened at about 7pm and 20 minutes later we rescued the dog.The wolf dropped the dog, feeling he was being trailed.
Yemelyan’s father Ruslan (left) and his mother Marina (right). Ruslan said wolves had recently attacked dogs in the village but locals now fear children are in danger of the predators as well
Jessie died soon afterwards in the arms of Yemelyan’s mother, Marina, on the way to the clinic in regional capital Syktyvkar
‘The dog was still alive, we brought her to the vet clinic, it is about 200 kilometres (125 miles) away, but they said they could not do anything, and just injected a painkiller.
‘We drove on to Syktyvkar, and they promised to help, but the dog died in the arms of my wife.’
Hunters have now secured permission to kill the wolf, which is believed to have been stalking Yemelyan’s home in the subarctic village of Sindor, that has a population 2,000.
Ruslan said wolves had recently attacked dogs in the village but locals now fear children are in danger of the predators as well.
