A German Shepherd named Pecco was rescued from a cliff in Devon after being missing for two weeks. She had fallen down the cliff on December 29th and rescuers were finally able to reach her on Friday after three days of attempts.
A young dog has been rescued from a cliff in north Devon after she disappeared two weeks ago. Pecco, a 14-month-old German Shepherd, went missing over a cliff in Hele Bay near Ilfracombe on 29 December. On Tuesday she was spotted on a cliff at the Hillsborough nature reserve but coastguards said she was too scared to be retrieved. On Friday, after nearly three days of trying, Pecco came close enough to a coastguard to be put a lead.
She was placed in a specialist dog rescue bag and lowered to safety on the beach below.It took rescuers three days to retrieve Pecco because she was scared, the coastguard said. A spokesperson for Mullacott Coastguard Search and Rescue said: 'Over the course of three days, rope rescue teams tried many attempts to retrieve the dog, in a very technical and difficult environment.'Food was used to coax the animal and slowly the dog approached the cliff technician. Coastguard search and rescue crews from Mullacott, Lynmouth, Croyde and Bude were supported with the rescue by RNLI Ilfracombe volunteers. A spokesperson for RNLI ILfracombe said: 'This was a massive team effort with search and rescue crews, us and other agencies. The coastguard crew members did an amazing job of reaching her where she was on her precarious bit of cliff face.They thanked the community for 'coming together to help get her home' by sharing social media posts, putting up posters and using drones. A spokesperson for HM Coastguard said: 'Dogs are adventurous by nature and it doesn't take much for them to follow their nose without thinking - one moment they might be chasing a bird, and before you know it, they have fallen down a cliff.'However strong the impulse might be, do not attempt to self-rescue your dog, call 999 and ask for the coastguard,' they added
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