..."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 7 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 month 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 8 months 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 3 months 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 month 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 7 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 8 months ago

A 2-year-old boy who fell halfway down a 60-foot cliff while on vacation at the British seaside may just want to call his dad Spider-Man from now on. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A cat today sparked a full-scale rescue after he chased a mouse into a three inch gap between two garages - and got stuck for two hours. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

In the 911 call, Mark Newby calmly told dispatch that his wife was bucked off her horse and was lying at the bottom of a canyon. For family and friends of Sue Newby, the story of an accident never added up. picked by muppet 3 months ago

A couple who kept a horse and seven dogs inside their home was arrested for endangering a 12-year-old child after officers found the floor covered in animal feces and rotting produce. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A British fire crew had to tear apart the walls of a home Friday in order to rescue a 560-pound woman stuck in her bathroom. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

When a passer-by called reported a worker dangling from a Western Area Power Administration tower 150 feet in the air, Fire and EMS rescue workers hurried to help - making "him" the luckiest training dummy in the world picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Kristen DeGroat just wanted to sell her horse to another animal lover, but her ad ended up under "Good Things to Eat" in the classified sections of two newspapers. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

When the flood waters rose, the horses were stranded on a small patch of land. Firefighters and military personnel couldn't rescue them, it took 4 women on horseback to do it. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Paul Waugh, a Skinningrove Coastguard Cliff Rescue Team member of the the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, rescued a young girl's from a fatal plunge. His reward? No medals, no badges, no, just being forced to "resign" for taking a risk. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago