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LONDON (UK) — This is
incredible. No, I'm not talking about the dog falling 120 feet;
that's nothing. I'm talking about how we almost made it three months
before another kamikaze canine decided to dive-bomb the English Channel.
Last year
they were running like clockwork, but I guess projectile pooches are a bit
passé these days.
All the same, another daredevil dog shocked and
amazed the world by falling almost halfway down a 300ft (90m) cliff and
surviving with no injuries, BBC
News reports.
On Thursday, Aug. 29, at 7:50pm, "Holly" the Spaniel was
taking a walk with her with her human along the cliff top at
Capel-le-Ferne, near Folkestone in Kent, when she suddenly went over.
The man called for help and was surprised when the Folkestone Fire
Station showed up with three fire appliances, a line rescue team, a cliff
rescue team and two officers—a total of 19 rescuers.
"If it's an animal or a person, it is treated exactly the
same," explains leading firefighter Mike Godden of the Shepway
District Fire Safety Office. "To us it's a life."
Folkestone firefighters Mark Seal and Paul Garrity were lowered down
the cliff wearing rescue harnesses and armed with a thermal imaging camera
to make it easier to locate Holly in the dark. They found her
stranded on a ledge 120ft down with "no injuries
whatsoever." Holly rode back up to the top in a line rescue bag
and was reunited with her human. The entire operation took less than
an hour-and-a-half.
 Afterward,
Mr. Godden expressed the awe and relief felt by everyone at the scene:
"The actual cliff face has about a 160° drop, as good as vertical
all the way down. I was half expecting to find it dead at the
bottom, but luckily it found a ledge half way down.
"All the blokes who carried out the rescue were amazed that they
found the dog, especially with no injuries."
Pictured above:
"Leave it to the professionals!"
At
the Totally Dog
Daycamp in Florida, USA, certified rescue dog "Thea" demonstrates
the smartest way to fall: not far. (Photo: Amy E. Conn / AP)
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"No Swimming!"
The White Chalk Cliffs along the coast at Capel-le-Ferne and Dover
have enticed many a dog into taking a dip. (Photo: Corbis.com)
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Editor's note: We decided that we would do some
investigative reporting in order to get to the bottom of this
alarming canine cliff-diving behavior. The result of our
research is summarized below in
—you guessed it—another Top 8 List. We now
present...
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The Top 8 Reasons Why a
Dog Would Jump Off a Cliff |
- "I thought I saw a duck."
- "That Border Collie down the street said that if I
wagged my tail real fast I could fly."
- "I've been feeling depressed and
unattractive ever since
the doctor surgically removed my sex organs."
- "I really wanted a write-up in DogsInTheNews.com,
but they told me that drinking out of the toilet bowl wasn't
interesting enough."
- "You really should be more careful about pointing to the
horizon if you're about to sneeze. I thought you said "fetch!"
- "It's a nice change from bonking my head on the underside
of the kitchen table all the time."
- "No, seriously. I really did see a duck!"
...and the #1 Reason Why
a Dog Would Jump Off a Cliff is
- "I told you: if I heard that @#% 'Meow Mix' song one more
time..."
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