Doggy 209

A resourceful, agile canine who eluded authorities for years has recently been rescued. Allow us to introduce you to Doggy 209 --the true king of the road. The infamous pup claimed the 209km marker on an expressway in Taipei, Taiwan for his home and camped out on the side of the road for two years, taking frequent trips into the flow of traffic and presenting drivers with safety hazards.

Taipei Police tried on 52 separate attempts to capture Doggy 209 and were unsuccessful on all counts. It wasn't until a crew of canine lovers on a mission came along that the homeless hound was finally brought to safety. Within six hours the ten citizens had successfully caught Doggy 209.

Why couldn't the cops nab the notorious pooch? "Some traffic officers said that Doggy 209 had shown high intelligence, distinguishing between ordinary cars and traffic police cars. When a yellow traffic police car pulled up, Doggy 209 fled. When traffic police left food in a cage to trap it, it never went near the cage," News24.com reports.

Onlookers were in part hoping the pup would remain at large in the spirit of freedom and rebellion, but inevitably Doggy 209 will be more comfortable calling home a house and not a highway.

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