Global Courant 2023-05-16 22:43:52
A rescue team carried an “injured and exhausted” dog down England’s highest mountain last weekend.
The 73-pound dog climbed Scafell Pike, located in the Lake District National Park, with his owners on Saturday, but “refused to move” on the way back down the mountain, the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team wrote on Facebook.
The owners called for help around 6:25 p.m. local time, according to the rescue team, which sent a 13-member team to reach the injured pooch.
The team started the trek to the dog’s location on the Langdale side of Esk Hause, climbing from Seathwaite via Grains Gill.
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The 73-pound pooch “refused to move” while walking along Scafell Pike with his owners on Saturday. Rescuers said the dog was “injured and exhausted”. (MRT Keswick)
While the owners were told to go down a different route to meet another team of rescuers, Keswick’s crew tied the dog in a sack on a stretcher and carried him down the mountain.
Rescue workers strapped the dog onto a stretcher and hauled him down the mountain to Seathwaite Farm. (MRT Keswick)
“Despite being a fairly large dog at 33 (kilograms), it was a pleasure to carry such a relatively light victim,” rescuers said in a statement. “The victim remained cool, calm and absolutely regal the entire time.”
Rescuers also carried the dog when the terrain became rocky and steep. Scafell Pike is located in the Lake District National Park in the North West of England. (MRT Keswick)
The entire rescue operation, the crew’s 42nd this year, lasted 4 hours and 18 minutes.
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This wasn’t the first time the team had had to climb England’s highest mountain to rescue an exhausted dog.
In July 2020, the team rescued a St. 121-pound Bernard named Daisy after she collapsed on Scafell Pike while descending with her owners.
The group said at the time that canines make up about a dozen of those rescued each year.
