A man whose dog ate $500 (R4 509) was forced to sift through poop to collect destroyed bills and now he is trying to get reimbursed by the government, it emerged yesterday.
The Montana golden retriever munched his way through five $100 bills on a road trip with owner Wayne Klinkel and his wife over Christmas. Now the out-of-pocket pet owner hopes to be reimbursed the digested dollars by the federal government.
“Sundance is notorious for eating anything and everything, so right away I knew what happened,” Klinkel said. The man followed the pet around for the rest of the vacation. Knowing that paper doesn’t digest, he managed to pick portions of the gobbled notes out of the dog’s poop. He took the recovered notes to a local bank where tellers suggested he send the mutilated currency to the Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with a letter explaining his story. – Daily Mail