Trapped Dog Rescued After Eight Hours

Wed, 04 Mar 2009

A Jack Russell cross was the subject of an eight hour rescue mission in Scotland earlier this week after becoming trapped in a tight passage. The dog had been chasing a rabbit down a warren when he became stuck 14 foot into the passage. With the five year old animal unable to free himself, his owner called local emergency workers to assist.

The pet’s owner Lynn Lauder said, ‘Yorkie had obviously got sight of a rabbit and chased it into the hole. But he is a chunky wee man and got himself stuck in the narrow tunnel and couldn’t get himself turned round. We dug in a bit but couldn’t get to him and as the light started to fail we became a bit worried we weren’t going to get him out, it was all getting a bit frantic.’

A fire crew arrived at the scene and were able to free the pet dog after almost eight hours of being trapped. The officer in charge, Gale Coates, said, ‘He was quite still and I was quite worried at first. We dug in from the bottom and reached in with a pole with a rope looped at the top. We managed to get it under his arms and pull him gently back out.’

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