A dog, who plunged 30 feet down a mineshaft, has actually been highlighted alive after a four-hour search and rescue operation. The family pet, comparable to a cocker spaniel fell under the shaft at Llanferres near Mold on Sunday early morning.
His owners raised the alarm at 9.40am and rescuers from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, North East Wales Search and Rescue and North Wales Cave Rescue Organisation rushed to help.
The dog was highlighted alive this afternoon. “It was over the moon and barking his avoid,” said joyous NWCRO spokesperson Dewi Lloyd.
He said the fire service had actually taken the preliminary call and informed NEWSAR which informed NWCRO. Eight members of the NEWSAR and NWCRO groups then assisted, with the cavern specialists taking charge underground.
Mr Lloyd, of NWCRO, said a couple had actually been walking their 4 family pet dogs when among them got in a horizontal shaft about 25 metres long then dropped about 20 metres down a vertical shaft.
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He said: “He would never ever have actually gone out without help. We’ve got an unique rescue dog harness. When we pulled him up he was over the moon and barking his avoid.
“We examined him over and he appeared definitely unhurt. But we recommended the owners to take him to the veterinarian simply in case.”
He was a “bouncing, male puppy,” said Mr Lloyd. NWCRO rescued a dog in another operation just recently when it dropped a vertical shaft in Dyserth.
NWCRO’s volunteers cover North Wales from Anglesey to the border and down to the Llyn Peninsula.
A NWFRS spokesperson informed North Wales Live it was notified at 9.40am today that a dog had actually dropped a mineshaft in Llanferres. It sent one team from Mold to the place which has to do with 4 miles south west of Mold.
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