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The Advertiser
3 days ago
- General
- The Advertiser
Emergency services 'team effort' saves dog from eight-metre mine shaft
A dog has been rescued after falling down an eight-metre-deep mine shaft. Labrador Ted was found down the mine at 11.43am on Pronk Track in Trentham in regional Victoria about 11.43am on Monday, June 2. Labradoodle Penny was found on the track above the mine, after both dogs were reported missing on social media. Trentham Fire Brigade was called to the incident with CFA's Bendigo-based Oscar 1 mine rescue team called to travel down the shaft. Captain David Wheeldon, of the Trentham brigade, said a nearby neighbour heard barking and called triple-0. "When we arrived, as you would expect, Penny was quite agitated, but luckily one of our firefighters knew the owners because they lived next door to them," Captain Wheeldon said. "We were able to get a hold of them to come down before Bendigo's Oscar 1 crew started the rescue process. "Throughout the morning, we were providing Ted with plenty of food and water." Oscar 1 crew members descended down the eight-metre shaft and extricated Ted, handing him back to his owners before 3pm "happy, healthy and well". Trentham Fire Brigade members worked with Forest Fire Management Victoria to track the dogs location with pink ribbons and red-taped a number of open mine shafts nearby to prevent future incidents, a CFA spokesperson said. Hepburn Shire Council was also on scene for wellbeing support. A dog has been rescued after falling down an eight-metre-deep mine shaft. Labrador Ted was found down the mine at 11.43am on Pronk Track in Trentham in regional Victoria about 11.43am on Monday, June 2. Labradoodle Penny was found on the track above the mine, after both dogs were reported missing on social media. Trentham Fire Brigade was called to the incident with CFA's Bendigo-based Oscar 1 mine rescue team called to travel down the shaft. Captain David Wheeldon, of the Trentham brigade, said a nearby neighbour heard barking and called triple-0. "When we arrived, as you would expect, Penny was quite agitated, but luckily one of our firefighters knew the owners because they lived next door to them," Captain Wheeldon said. "We were able to get a hold of them to come down before Bendigo's Oscar 1 crew started the rescue process. "Throughout the morning, we were providing Ted with plenty of food and water." Oscar 1 crew members descended down the eight-metre shaft and extricated Ted, handing him back to his owners before 3pm "happy, healthy and well". Trentham Fire Brigade members worked with Forest Fire Management Victoria to track the dogs location with pink ribbons and red-taped a number of open mine shafts nearby to prevent future incidents, a CFA spokesperson said. Hepburn Shire Council was also on scene for wellbeing support. A dog has been rescued after falling down an eight-metre-deep mine shaft. Labrador Ted was found down the mine at 11.43am on Pronk Track in Trentham in regional Victoria about 11.43am on Monday, June 2. Labradoodle Penny was found on the track above the mine, after both dogs were reported missing on social media. Trentham Fire Brigade was called to the incident with CFA's Bendigo-based Oscar 1 mine rescue team called to travel down the shaft. Captain David Wheeldon, of the Trentham brigade, said a nearby neighbour heard barking and called triple-0. "When we arrived, as you would expect, Penny was quite agitated, but luckily one of our firefighters knew the owners because they lived next door to them," Captain Wheeldon said. "We were able to get a hold of them to come down before Bendigo's Oscar 1 crew started the rescue process. "Throughout the morning, we were providing Ted with plenty of food and water." Oscar 1 crew members descended down the eight-metre shaft and extricated Ted, handing him back to his owners before 3pm "happy, healthy and well". Trentham Fire Brigade members worked with Forest Fire Management Victoria to track the dogs location with pink ribbons and red-taped a number of open mine shafts nearby to prevent future incidents, a CFA spokesperson said. Hepburn Shire Council was also on scene for wellbeing support. A dog has been rescued after falling down an eight-metre-deep mine shaft. Labrador Ted was found down the mine at 11.43am on Pronk Track in Trentham in regional Victoria about 11.43am on Monday, June 2. Labradoodle Penny was found on the track above the mine, after both dogs were reported missing on social media. Trentham Fire Brigade was called to the incident with CFA's Bendigo-based Oscar 1 mine rescue team called to travel down the shaft. Captain David Wheeldon, of the Trentham brigade, said a nearby neighbour heard barking and called triple-0. "When we arrived, as you would expect, Penny was quite agitated, but luckily one of our firefighters knew the owners because they lived next door to them," Captain Wheeldon said. "We were able to get a hold of them to come down before Bendigo's Oscar 1 crew started the rescue process. "Throughout the morning, we were providing Ted with plenty of food and water." Oscar 1 crew members descended down the eight-metre shaft and extricated Ted, handing him back to his owners before 3pm "happy, healthy and well". Trentham Fire Brigade members worked with Forest Fire Management Victoria to track the dogs location with pink ribbons and red-taped a number of open mine shafts nearby to prevent future incidents, a CFA spokesperson said. Hepburn Shire Council was also on scene for wellbeing support.
ABC News
3 days ago
- General
- ABC News
Missing pet labrador rescued from Victorian mine shaft
Authorities have cordoned off open mine shafts in Central Victoria after a dog missing for four days was rescued from one by specialist volunteers. Pet labrador Ted fell 8 metres into a shaft in Wombat State Forest, near Trentham, after escaping with labradoodle Penny from their backyard last week. Penny's barking alerted neighbours who found her guarding the mine shaft on Monday morning, four days days after the dogs went missing. The Country Fire Authority's (CFA) mine rescue brigade Oscar 1 carried out the rescue. First Lieutenant Karl Shay said the mine shaft was small and difficult to access. "There was a log laying over the top of it and the actual opening was only about 800 by 800 millimetres," he said. The team sent down a monitor to check the air was safe to enter, before a rescuer lifted Ted out in a dog harness. Mr Shay said there were three other mine shafts within 3–4m of the one Ted was found in. Mr Shay said it was not uncommon for the specialised crew to be called in for dog rescues. "Fortunately, when dogs fall in a mine shaft they don't tend to hurt themselves," he said. "When a human falls in a mine shaft, they tend to do a bit more damage." The CFA said a number of open mine shafts in the area were red-taped to prevent further incidents. Ted and Penny's owner Chantal Henderson said in a post on social media that the dogs were "a little lighter than usual, but otherwise excellent". "Thank you to Ruth and her daughter [who found the dogs] for their perseverance searching the bush after hearing their barking," she said. "Without you they would never have been found." Mr Shay said Ted was "very happy to see people" when they arrived. "He was very glad to be reunited with the family," he said. Animal behaviourist and University of Adelaide Associate Professor Susan Hazel said as a social species, dogs formed "deep attachments" to other dogs and people, which could explain why Penny waited at the mine shaft with Ted for so long.
