Shrewsbury Dog rescue captured on film
Specialist listening equipment usually used in rescue operations to find people among the rubble of collapsed buildings was used to find a small Shropshire terrier who was stuck down a rabbit hole.
Video: Images by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
Specialist listening equipment. they type usually used to find people among the rubble of collapsed buildings, was used to find a small Shropshire terrier who was stuck down a rabbit hole.
It took more than three hours to rescue Patterdale terrier, Cookie, who bit off more than she could chew when she ventured down a labyrinth of holes near Winnie Hill, off Ellesmere Road, in Shrewsbury, yesterday.
About 10 firefighters eventually managed to excavate a 5ft deep trench before freeing the three-year-old pet late in the afternoon.
Owner Kay Barnes, said she was "absolutely delighted" to have her beloved terrier back.
She said: "I'm absolutely delighted to have Cookie back. We set off for the walk early in the morning but we didn't end up getting back until around 5pm.
"There must have been around 10 firefighters there and they worked for hours to get her free."
Appliances were sent from Shrewsbury, Wellington and Market Drayton to carry out the rescue operation which started just after 1pm and was not completed until 4.20pm.
A spokesman for Shropshire Fire and Rescue said: "We used specialist listening equipment to detect where the dog was.
"It is usually the sort of equipment used in operations where buildings have collapsed."
