For 4 days, a Shepherd and Husky cross dog remained stuck in a ravine in Saint-André, Reunion Island, stuck above a rampart, while its howls reached the residents below. Guillaume, a rope access technician for around twenty years, volunteered and brought him back safely, reported Linfo.re.
It all started with screams from above. Below the cliff, Saint-André (Reunion Island), residents heard the animal howling from their homes and decided to raise the alarm. One of them says that the complaints began on Wednesday October 14 and that the firefighters were then called.
“ Since Wednesday, we heard the dog screaming in the cliff, above, so we called the firefighters. In the evening, there was a lot of screaming, it made it difficult to sleep. It really hurts, the dog wouldn't stop howling »
For the association APEBA (Association for Animal Welfare Education), it was a real race against time: rapid intervention was necessary to get the dog stuck in the ravine out.
A volunteer rope climber descended along the cliff
Williama rope access technician for 2 decades, offered his help and expertise to try to rescue the canine in distress. With this long practice, he descended along the cliff to find it and, a few minutes later, the quadruped was brought back safe and sound.
“He had no more strength”
“ I saw that he could no longer move, he no longer had any strength. I gave him a small can of sardines. »
William also described the place where the canine found itself trapped. In the canyon, a small ravine is crossed by a stream which then joins the river of Mast ; the animal was stuck above a rampart, about a hundred meters away, and could no longer move from this location.
Ludovic Wyttenbachvolunteer, mentions a slight injury, surely due according to him to the fall or to the dog's efforts to struggle and get out, but not serious.
“ He has a small wound, it's probably from the fall or the fact that he tried to struggle downstairs to get out. But it doesn't matter. Lucky for him »
The survivor, baptized Diore by his benefactors, was also in a state of non-severe dehydration. He is not identified. With unusual eyes, it is probably a cross between a Shepherd and a Siberian Husky.