The Maremma sheep dog die after protect a penguin dependency off the slide of Australia for 10 years .
A " true fighter " dog with a big grinning who spend her lifetime protecting a small colony of penguins in Australia has died . Eudy , a Maremma sheep dog , was 12 age old .
She was the longest - serving guard frump on Middle Island , a small Australian island right off the coast of the city of Warrnambool . That ’s where the penguin live , but the colony ’s telephone number had dwindled to as little as 10 of them in 2006 , agree toABC News . George Fox onset were the main perpetrator .
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That twelvemonth , the nearby man decided protection was postulate . The first Maremma shepherd dog to protect the penguins , Oddball , was even immortalized on the silver screen . Eudy began her protection wienerwurst duties in 2010 and spent 10 years watching over the penguins . The Middle Island Penguin Protection project on Tuesday announced that Eudy exit .
" Eudy and her baby , Tula , have been the spirit and someone of the project ; they ’re the true heroes , " Trish Corbett , the penguin protection project coordinator , narrate ABC News , adding that there might not be a settlement still there without Eudy .
Corbett mention that Eudy sported a " beautiful smile " when she was on the island , where her ashes will be scattered . She spent her final moments with a full venter of roasted chicken and a cool sea breeze in her face . She give out from an " aggressive variety of off-white cancer , " ABC reported .
Warrnambool Mayor Vicki Jellie read Eudy hold out her job with " aplomb . "
" While it attracted so much global attending , the project itself is surrender by a small , dedicated team , and I ’d like to broaden my deepest sympathies to everyone who worked with Eudy over the years who I know will be feeling this loss immensely , " she tell ABC .
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