Dog rescued from sewer pipe a week after going missing after he’s heard barking
A dog who got stuck in a drainpipe, has been dramatically rescued after being trapped for a week, after it was heard barking.
The eight-year-old coonhound named Dylan, was in a bit of a state by the time rescuers in Medford, New Jersey, managed to get him out – but it all ended well, with the pooch finding a new forever home.
“Excited – it was amazing,” said an emotional Shellinda Hardie, of Jericho's Wish Animal Rescue, according to 6ABC, after rescuers dug down into someone’s property to get to the pipe.
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“I’m going to cry. It was amazing to see everybody get together like that, and they worked so hard for a dog they didn't even know.”
A neighbour heard the poor animal, who was trapped in the sewer with no food or water, barking a week after he disappeared, prompting a nine-hour rescue effort by cops, firefighters, council workers and electric crews.
It all came to a successful end at 1am on Sunday (July 24) when Dylan, who was covered in ticks and had a 104-degree fever, was freed.
His paws and elbows were burnt from the pipe and he had a deep cut on one of his elbows.
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Kathleen Tortu-Bowles, of Southern New Jersey Humane Tracking and Trapping Recovery Group, said: “This has been the toughest recovery that we've been involved with.
“We’ve never had anyone stuck anywhere like that.
“They had to dig down into somebody’s property to get to the pipe. And then once they reached the pipe, they started banging on the pipe.
“Once they started banging on the pipe, Dylan started shimmying towards the firefighters.”
Dylan was taken to an animal hospital and might need to have surgery on his elbow, but vets say that overall he is doing well.
“It’s very unbelievable that he’s alive, actually. It’s just a good thing that he was saved when he was,” said Kathleen.
And Dylan has now been adopted, so when he’s fighting fit again he’ll be off to his new forever home.
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