Another busy day for the team.
1st call to Furzebrook near Wareham! A little outside our normal patch but Portland Coastguard requested the IRT assist South Western Ambulance and Rescue 104 with a lady with a broken hip having slipped down a path.
Then this afternoon, the team were called to Old Harry Rocks to yet another dog fallen from the cliffs. The Owner had reported the loss of their pet to the National Trust who had contacted the Coastguard. The owner reported the dog had not survived the fall and didn't think the emergency services would attend.
Well of course we will attend......
1) The dog may still be alive
2) As we found today, it draws other members of the public to the edges of cliffs and puts them at risk
3) It's someone's pet and it is only right (after a detailed risk assessment) to try and recover the animal.
So it was very sad with the help of a passing Kayak that the dog was found not have survived the fall, due to the location it was safer for the ILB to recover the dog.
As we have often stated on this blog....please keep your dogs on leads when near the cliffs.
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