A frightened and shivering cockapoo that had been swept out to sea off the northeast coast of Scotland was rescued after a coastguard crew working during their routine training session spotted the dog swimming.
According to the Facebook page of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the dog had been swimming in the Moray Firth on Sunday morning and had been on the verge of drowning when a member of the public reported the dog had been swept out into the sea.
“An emergency call was made reporting a dog which had ran into the water and started swimming out to sea near Cumminston, Moray…”
The pup had been in the water for 40 minutes when the UK Coastguard helicopter was able to locate him and alert the Moray inshore rescue boat based at Findhorn to the dog’s exact location. They pulled the dog onto the board and returned him to his owners who had been waiting on shore with the Burghead Coastguard Rescue Team.
“The dog was rescued, exhausted and having nearly drowned, and taken back into harbour where the crew and officers provided first aid until the owner could arrange to attend a local vet. Happily, the dog is doing well,” stated an organization’s spokesperson. “Never follow animals into the water; they are much better swimmers than humans and generally can stay alive a lot longer than us and usually can make their own way out.”
In a few minutes the rescue was over and the helicopter returned to its Sunday training session.
(Photos and video via Facebook)
Check out the video:
https://www.facebook.com/MCA/videos/1496867610351016/
Wow! Good save. Thank God!
Huge THANK YOU to the UK Coastguard and the Burghead Coastguard Rescue Team – You saved a life – Both teams are heroes for this little guy.
THANK GOD FOR THE HERO!
THANK YOU for saving this sweet pup!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!