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Rescued a whimpering puppy from a metre depth, straight down in a narrow drainpipe.
When we got the callout for an animal rescue, I had forgot that the cat-in-a-tree type incidents are stereotypical for firefighters.
Was a unique achievement for me.
That's amazing! How did you get him out? Drop a loop around or for him to bite onto?
The pup was initially fully stuck, head first in the horizontal pipe at bottom. Coaxed it to turn around head-up, with some gentle words and tapping the top of the pipe.
It would not bite onto a strap covered in wet catfood. One person with the skinniest arms reached down and grabbed him out.
We had a pole-and-loop snare en route but didn't use it.
Good result.
Aw making me cry here. That’s really nice
It was a bit tense on arrival, but had a happy ending. This was a week ago.
Aww this is amazing! Did you end up keeping the puppy?
I did not. The puppy had a home already.