A canine was discovered alive final week after plunging off a cliff and spending the night time alone in freezing temperatures at Pictured Rocks Nationwide Lakeshore in Michigan, officers mentioned.
Dancer, a 3-year-old canine described as a ”skilled troublemaker,” had escaped her leash on Wednesday night and fell off a cliff close to Miners Fort onto a ledge 60 ft beneath, the Nationwide Park Service (NPS) mentioned.
Dancer’s house owners looked for hours in the dead of night however couldn’t discover their beloved pet, believing she had died within the fall, the company mentioned.
Park rangers and Superior Excessive Angle Rescue Professionals, an area rope rescue staff, continued to seek for Dancer alongside a ”treacherous part” of the Lake Superior shoreline, in response to NPS.
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Rescuers discovered Dancer chilly however alive after the canine fell 60 ft off a cliff close to Miners Fort at Pictured Rocks Nationwide Lakeshore in Michigan on Wednesday night. (Nationwide Park Service)
SHARP staff members Erik Olsen, Westley Shaffer, and Tyler Davis searched the realm the place Dancer fell on Thursday morning and discovered the canine alive. Dancer was chilly however didn’t have any reported accidents, parks officers mentioned.
”Although she had spent the night time making an attempt to maintain heat, she was excited to see rescuers,” NPS mentioned.
Dancer, a 3-year-old canine described as a ”skilled troublemaker,” was reunited together with her household and is recovering, officers mentioned. (Nationwide Park Service)
Dancer was reunited together with her Minnesota-based household and was recovering from the ordeal.
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Park rangers warned guests to stay cautious and to all the time be ready for circumstances on the lakeshore this winter.
”With this 12 months’s delicate begin to winter, many areas of Pictured Rocks are extra accessible than they’re most years” Chief Ranger Joe Hughes mentioned. ”It’s nonetheless vital to recollect to be ready for slippery, chilly circumstances that may change shortly.”
The lakeshore is situated close to Munising, Michigan, on the Higher Peninsula alongside Lake Superior.