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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsConnecticut rescue workers rappel into rock quarry to rescue missing dog
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/connecticut-dog-rescueFinally, a good ending for a dog (RIP Cricket!)
Rippy the terrier was missing for three days when workers and passersby heard barks coming from a rock quarry
It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry.
After passersby and even a drone failed to locate the lost dog, rescue workers drawn to his barks rappelled down the pits walls and lifted him out three days after he went missing, according to a social media post about the saga.
The 30lb terrier mixs owner reported Rippy missing in North Canaan on 4 May. A local animal shelter got first word of the barking days later.
Shelter workers asked a volunteer to fly a drone over the Specialty Minerals quarry, but they couldnt find him. When workers at the quarry went on a lunch break the next day, Rippys barks could be heard again. Quarry managers said they couldnt reach the dog, so firefighters were called in. Two members of a rope team then rappelled off a cliff and captured the mutt.
He could have been stuck there since Saturday night but no one will know for sure, North Canaan animal control said in a social media post. Rippy was caught and safely brought back up the cliff. I called his owner right away who came and picked him up so he could go home to decompress, get cleaned up and then checked out.
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Connecticut rescue workers rappel into rock quarry to rescue missing dog (Original Post)
erronis
May 10
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montanacowboy
(6,154 posts)1. Good for everyone
who brought this little boy home
fargone
(124 posts)2. Kristi Noem could have taken care of it without going down there
CanonRay
(14,274 posts)3. Did Cricket actually get away?
erronis
(15,842 posts)4. Not sure if you are asking a different question, but no - Cricket was shot dead by that Noem thing.
Perhaps Cricket "got away" from a horrible life with a lousy person, but there are far better ways to get away and be loved and cared for.