A fearful puppy was freed after being imprisoned underground for days with the help of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and firemen. Soon before lunchtime on March 1, rescuers in Coalville, Leicestershire, received a report about a distressed dog caught in a badger’s sett.
The dog’s worried owner answered the phone, explaining that the pet had been trapped for more than 60 hours. The dog crept inside of the sett but has been unable to escape after being caged for more than 60 hours, according to the Daily Mail.
Inspectors from the RSPCA were quick to respond, and when the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service arrived, they listened carefully to figure out where the dog was. Based on the pet’s barking, they narrowed down a region and began excavating. Officials reportedly employed specialist listening and locating equipment to discover the imprisoned dog, and extra rescue personnel were sent in to assist them.
Thanks to the dog’s whimpers, they were able to find it at 4 p.m. after a lot of digging. Soon after 5 p.m., the dog was rescued and safely given over to RSPCA inspectors. The dog was laid down on the ground for a while after everything it had been through before being reunited with its devoted owner.
The badger sett was presumed to be dormant because there were no other animals in the region. A border terrier was recently rescued after being imprisoned for six days inside a badger sett in Rowde, Wiltshire. Bumble, the dog, reportedly fell into it while out for a walk, as per Mirror. Her owner, Annie Davidson, then put out a missing dog appeal, thinking that her dog had climbed out of it because she was nowhere to be found.
Bumble, on the other hand, stuck her head out of the ground one day and struggled to return to safety. Of course, the dog was dehydrated and weak from not eating for the previous six days, but her condition was not life-threatening, and she was rescued. “We’re overjoyed to have Bumble back in our lives. For her, it was a horrific event. Bumble appeared and disappeared from the badger den. “She’s really skinny and dehydrated, but otherwise good,” Davidson added, happy that her cat was doing well.
