A scenic walk in Michigan nearly turned deadly for a three-year-old dog after she fell off a 60-foot cliff.
Dancer was enjoying a scenic hike with her family from Minnesota at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Wednesday night when she got loose from her leash, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a news release Thursday. She proceeded to fall 60 feet off the cliff near Minors Castle and onto the ledge below.
According to the NPS, Dancer’s owners searched for hours for their pet but were unable to find her in the dark and eventually assumed she was dead.
Park rangers were notified of the incident and contacted Superior High Angle Rescue Professionals (SHARP), a rope rescue team, to help locate the dog, which is believed to be somewhere near a dangerous area of Lake Superior’s shoreline.
A dancer with two of her saviors.
Erik Olsen/ National Park Service
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“SHARP members Erik Olsen, Westley Shaffer and Tyler Davis went to the area the next morning and were able to locate Dancer cold but alive,” the NPS said in a statement.
Dancer, sometimes affectionately referred to by her owners as a “professional troublemaker,” has been reunited with her family and is recovering well from her ordeal.
“With this year’s mild start to winter, many areas of Pictured Rocks are more accessible than they have been in most years,” Chief Ranger Joe Hughes reminded Michigan residents in a statement. “It’s still important to remember to be prepared for slippery, cold conditions that can change quickly.”
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Meanwhile, in Poland, rescued dogs living in a shelter have found warm, temporary homes thanks to the clever thinking of workers at the KTOZ homeless shelter,
When the workers learned that temperatures in the area would drop as low as 20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit), they knew they wouldn’t be able to rehome all 300 dogs in their care because some were living in outdoor kennels.
The shelter put out a call for help on a Friday in early January and was able to temporarily house 120 dogs, keeping all the animals safe during the cold spell.
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