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Published 14:02 IST, April 25th 2020

Bizarre video of dog on car roof as owner zooms around goes viral, netizens shocked

A viral video on social media shows how a dog is sitting on the roof of a car as his owner zooms the car around the city. Read to know the mystery behind this.

Reported by: Yashika Sharma
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A video from China that shows a dog on top of a moving vehicle without a harness is going viral. In the video one can see how a pet owner had put his dog on the roof of his car while he is driving all around the busy streets. The video belonged to Leshan city, which is a part of China's Sichuan province. 

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The video of a black dog standing as well as sitting on the roof of a white car as it zooms around the streets is being shared on social media. The video shows how the dog is not harnessed to anything and has no protection whatsoever. At one point in the video, the dog actually slips off the roof and lands on the front. The driver then stops the vehicle for the dog to climb back on the top. 

The Leshan Traffic Police shared the video on a Chinese micro-blogging site named Weibo. When there were reports by people made to the police, they traced the driver. While he remained unnamed, a news source shared the reason given by the driver that led him to perform this dangerous task. 

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The owner said that there was no room inside the car. He was also worried that the dog would suffocate inside the car's trunk. As his backseat was packed with things, so he made the dog travel on the roof. When he was asked by the cops how he would make sure that the dog will not jump, he revealed that the dog is well-trained. 

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The owner said that he later realised that it was thoughtless of him to do so. He also thought that something was not right. There is no news on whether the man was given any punishment. People took to Twitter to share their reactions on the video:

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14:02 IST, April 25th 2020