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A dog that rose to internet stardom for walking through Christchurch with an orange road cone in its mouth was reportedly euthanized.
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The unusual sight has entertained the US Antarctic Program team during their 14-day stay at MIQ. Source: Breakfast
Marco, the seven-year-old German Shepherd, became known as the Cone Dog when recent returnees saw him pass the Crowne Plaza Hotel every other day with a large road cone in his mouth.
The dog was a highlight of isolation for members of the US Antarctic Program who had stayed at the hotel and gave it the name Cone Dog.
On his regular walks down the Avon River with his owner, Marco liked to dip the cone into the water before fishing it, which was when he and Maggie would stop by the hotel.
Marco, Eric Edwards’s ‘cone dog’ illustration. (Instagram / @ eedwards7891) Source: Breakfast
Sadly, Marco had to be euthanized over the weekend after he bit another dog, his owner Maggie told Stuff.
She said the other dog was fine, “but Marco would have had to wear a muzzle from now on, which would have meant without cones, and he would have been miserable.”
Marco was so successful with the US Antarctic Program team that they commissioned a “cone dog” portrait last week.
