‘Panicked’ dog rescued from Nantucket Sound
A dog spotted swimming frantic and alone in the Nantucket Sound was rescued by a small boat on Monday, reports the Vineyard Gazette.
“The dog was spooked, panicked,” Captain Ron Rock of the Island Queen ferry told the Gazette. “It was swimming erratically.”
Rock spotted the dog at 11 a.m. while traveling from Falmouth to Oak Bluffs. But when he realized his ferry couldn’t get close enough to rescue the animal, he used his horn to signal a small boat nearby. The boat, called the Lovely Day, responded quickly and was able to pull the brown and white dog from the water using a net. The dog’s rescuers brought the dog to the Oak Bluffs harbor, where the pooch was reunited with his family.
The dog was traveling with its owners aboard a ferry when it either jumped or fell into the water, Rock told the Gazette.
Read the full story in the Gazette.
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