The Rescuers

By: Caitlin Burke

Apr 01 2009

Category: dogs

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“I think he was chasing a squirrel,” [the dog’s owner] said of Rocky, a lab-pit bull mix. “But he ran right in there so fast that he got pinned. We tried to dig him out but we couldn’t pull him out.” … . “I’ve been doing this for 14 years, and I’ve never had to extricate a dog from a tree,” [department Chief] Brown said. “It was unreal.” (March 21, 2009) —Photo provided by Jeremy Brown, Harlowe Volunteer Fire Department

[ Visit the source for the 15-picture series, from dog stuck in tree to tree felled and dog released. ]