A desperate cry for help
"Staff kept hearing whines and cries early in the morning... they eventually realised something was trapped inside the walls, most likely in a pipe," explains Aerial Brown, marketing coordinator at the McKamey Animal Center.
Given the complexity of the underground network and how hard the area was to reach, the centre called in the city's public works team for help.
Once on site, they discovered that a dog had apparently fallen into an uncovered drain.
Injured in the fall and unable to climb back up, the poor dog was completely stuck. To get him out, rescuers had to cut through and demolish part of the wall. Once they opened it up, they managed to lift the dog to safety, safe and sound.
Safe and sound
Taken in by the McKamey shelter, the rescued dog — quickly named Georgie — was in pain and had a coat severely matted with mud and stagnant water. He was given a full shave and put on antibiotics and pain relief before spending his first few days of recovery resting quietly at the veterinary clinic.
The story did not end there. Just two weeks after he was brought in, one of the council workers who helped dig him out simply could not forget him. Touched by the dog's resilience, the worker and his wife officially started the process to adopt Georgie and give him a forever home.
Translated from the FR Wamiz website using artificial intelligence
