..."When I got to the bottom, looking up, I realized what kind of position [the dog] was in and I was scared to death," said Tollefson.

The Tacoma Fire Technical Rescue team arrived and firefighter Dan Elgin rapelled down to rescue Chug. He put him in a harness and brought him down the steep cliff. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

and joins herd on his own. Bewildered investigators are scratching their heads and plan to follow the trail to see how the horse got free.

Happy ending to dolly's earlier post picked by suebe 2 years ago

There was a dramatic rescue Tuesday afternoon in Marion County as people worked frantically to save a small horse that was trapped underground. The horse was pulled to safety in the small town of Citra and the rescue was caught on camera. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A rescue team navigated flooded farmland in a boat to save a 70-year-old woman and her dog from rising floodwaters and made another critical rescue _ a pot of stew from the woman's stove. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A dog left without food for 72 days, an incredible horse rescue caught on video, and a dog found by fishermen a mile from shore. picked by miranda622 9 months ago

"Every time Michael Vick is tackled during the game, Main Line Animal Rescue will donate 5 bags of dog food to your local animal shelter." picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

A runaway horse pulled a carriage with two out-of-town tourists on a wild ride through downtown streets, until a teenager rode to the rescue in a pursuing taxi, leaped out and grabbed the horse's reins. picked by suebe 3 years ago

A fire brigade has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after sending two engines and seven firemen to rescue a seagull. The brigade struggled for more than an hour to save the injured bird, which was trapped on a factory roof in Bridgwater, Somerset. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

After a call from the RSPCA, alerted by members of the public, fire officers dispatched an animal rescue expert and an aerial platform to the scene at Cove. It wasn’t until their expert was 25ft up that they realised they were victims of an illusion of nature. The ‘iguana’ was no more than a broken algae-covered branch. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Operation Rescue, the high profile anti-abortion group - some would call it a hate group has announced that they are broke and may shut their doors picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

New Zealand will not be able to quickly rescue anyone who gets lost or hurt if clashes erupt between animal rights activists and Japanese whalers off the north Antarctic coast.

(somebody call Autumn) picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

A construction worker dangled from a heavy-duty chain supported by a crane to rescue a woman from the swirling waters of the Des Moines River on Tuesday afternoon. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

A horse trapped for six days in a ravine in the Santa Ana Mountains has been freed, with the help of a rescue helicopter. Story with earlier details picked by suebe 11 months ago

Struggling in frigid temperatures a horse named Beau floated in an old spring well for about four hours on Friday. His owner, Linda Smiley, watched helplessly as rescue workers tried to pull the four-year-old horse from the icy water. She was visibly shaken as she talked about her family's horse. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Rescue crews had to cut apart a portable toilet to rescue a man who got stuck naked inside the potty. Authorities say the 31-year-old man used his cell phone to call 911 on Sunday from inside a portable toilet. picked by goober 1 year ago

Frantic police smashed a window to rescue a seemingly unconscious baby from a locked vehicle in Queensland last week only to find it was an extremely lifelike doll. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A dramatic ice rescue was caught on tape early Sunday morning near Boston as firefighters chopped their way into a frozen pond to save a man in Weymouth. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Riders are stuck on a roller coaster at Great America in Santa Clara, California. Live feed right now (3:20pm PT) is showing the rescue. *Nobody is trapped upside-down.

All rescued. picked by equinox 4 months ago

Goin and his crew of two other Kentucky National Guardsmen could keep flying through a brutal snowstorm to rescue a 13-year-old girl who had been in an accident or play it safe.

"They wanted to see that little girl rescued if at all possible," Goin said. picked by henkspaan 2 years ago

Firemen and RSPCA officers were left feeling like right Twit-twoo's after spending hours trying to rescue a toy owl from a telegraph pole. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago