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Dog rescued from Portland cliff
3:02pm Sunday 18th November 2012 in News
A DOG was rescued after it fell off cliffs in Portland.
The 10-month-old collie, called Jess, was hauled up a 20-foot embankment by a member of the rope rescue team.
Coastguards and fire fighters also attended the incident at around 10.15 this morning.
The dog was unhurt and reunited with its owner.
Comments(17)
Top Gear
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3:49pm Sun 18 Nov 12
dan'not'there
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4:05pm Sun 18 Nov 12
As a retired 'rescue services person' I have to say that there is a great 'on-job' training element to any rescue - be it the mechanics of the rescue itself and/or the exercise of co-ordination between the various agencies involved. Should an animal 'rescue' be required during a quiet period - i.e. the rescue of an animal did not curtail resources being available for human life-saving incidents then the modest extra (consumables) cost should be borne by the 'responsible' owner.
Where human life has been seriously jeopardised by the diversion of essential rescue services to animal rescue - the owner should be charged the full cost. (Man per hour and consumables) Animal Insurance would surely pay up !
Tactical
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5:31pm Sun 18 Nov 12
cecilbdoomil
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6:32pm Sun 18 Nov 12
Tactical wrote:If you are so worried then YOU pay for a service just for rescuing animals then? Or does your self righteous indignation only go as far as someone elses wallet and the risk of others?
Man fk you ignorant idiots above Humans make more accidents so why cant a dog be rescued, poor thing some people need beating hard and come into the real world ! we should rescue anything small or big , nothing desrves to die pre maturley if we can help it regardless of money , id rather we had no money and all helped each other. Disgusting some people would rather let it die. You anger me !
Gordon Bennett
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6:38pm Sun 18 Nov 12
What about divers ? What about climbers ? They deliberately put themselves in danger and get rescued for free.
What about the holiday makers that frequently 'wobble' over the cliff.
You either charge none or charge all.
If the services refused to attend animal rescues it would put other people in far greater danger.Either the pet owner or some other animal lover would be tempted to perform a rescue without the equipment and the know how. Very sensible !
Let's hope Cecil you never need a dog to find and rescue YOU !
cecilbdoomil
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7:28pm Sun 18 Nov 12
Gordon Bennett wrote:So you seem to think idiotic animal owners have no responsibility near cliffs, not to put peoples lives at risk in rescuing them then?
Well said Tactical.
What about divers ? What about climbers ? They deliberately put themselves in danger and get rescued for free.
What about the holiday makers that frequently 'wobble' over the cliff.
You either charge none or charge all.
If the services refused to attend animal rescues it would put other people in far greater danger.Either the pet owner or some other animal lover would be tempted to perform a rescue without the equipment and the know how. Very sensible !
Let's hope Cecil you never need a dog to find and rescue YOU !
About time they took responsibility and kept their animals under control near cliffs, stop passing the buck and putting others at risk. Simple.
cecilbdoomil
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7:38pm Sun 18 Nov 12
Gordon Bennett wrote:P.S
Well said Tactical.
What about divers ? What about climbers ? They deliberately put themselves in danger and get rescued for free.
What about the holiday makers that frequently 'wobble' over the cliff.
You either charge none or charge all.
If the services refused to attend animal rescues it would put other people in far greater danger.Either the pet owner or some other animal lover would be tempted to perform a rescue without the equipment and the know how. Very sensible !
Let's hope Cecil you never need a dog to find and rescue YOU !
" Let's hope Cecil you never need a dog to find and rescue YOU ! Gordon Bennet."
Lets hope you (or anyone) never need the Helicopter, Coastguard, Fire services or similar to rescue YOU...while they have been held up rescuing some idiots dog.
killerkelly1980
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7:24am Mon 19 Nov 12
Yes, owners should keep dogs on leads in areas such as cliffs, but accidents do happen!!
From what most of the idiots above are saying, we should all get rid of our cats too as they tend to get stuck in awkward places. And who should be charged for removing the countless number of dead/trapped seagulls each year from our roofs, cows that get stuck in slurry pits, horses that fall????
From what some of you fools are saying, if ever YOU need rescuing from a situation... the emergency service should leave YOU stuck until they find out wether you can cover the costs of the rescue??? I think not
stench
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9:55am Mon 19 Nov 12
This guy is the biggest tool on the forum.
Always sees the negative, acting like he/she is so intelligent, but yet cant explain the point without calling people idiots...
cecilbdoomil
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11:52am Mon 19 Nov 12
stench wrote:Stench, you do have issues eh? Stalking me from article to article with shaming language and an obsession with the word "tool".
I hope Cecil gets attacked by a pack of cliff hanging hounds!
This guy is the biggest tool on the forum.
Always sees the negative, acting like he/she is so intelligent, but yet cant explain the point without calling people idiots...
stench
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12:14pm Mon 19 Nov 12
cecilbdoomil wrote:only ever seem to use that word with yourself...
stench wrote: I hope Cecil gets attacked by a pack of cliff hanging hounds! This guy is the biggest tool on the forum. Always sees the negative, acting like he/she is so intelligent, but yet cant explain the point without calling people idiots...Stench, you do have issues eh? Stalking me from article to article with shaming language and an obsession with the word "tool".
and you cannot be escaped!
You seem to be the first to comment on every debatable story, even on a Sunday!
Yes, you are a tool :D
Crabber
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9:00pm Mon 19 Nov 12
Throckape
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12:30pm Thu 22 Nov 12
Good for Jess I bet the owner is very relieved.
woodsedge
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2:49pm Thu 22 Nov 12
stench wrote:you can't call Cecil a tool! Tools are useful! He is just a sandwich short of a picnic or when they were giving out brains he was getting a second helping of mouth or he fell from the top of the idiot tree hitting every idiot branch on the way down! The frightening thing is that we only get to see the posts that the site moderator leaves on and not the offensive ones he takes off!
cecilbdoomil wrote:only ever seem to use that word with yourself...
stench wrote: I hope Cecil gets attacked by a pack of cliff hanging hounds! This guy is the biggest tool on the forum. Always sees the negative, acting like he/she is so intelligent, but yet cant explain the point without calling people idiots...Stench, you do have issues eh? Stalking me from article to article with shaming language and an obsession with the word "tool".
and you cannot be escaped!
You seem to be the first to comment on every debatable story, even on a Sunday!
Yes, you are a tool :D
Bert Fry
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5:08pm Thu 22 Nov 12
Fortunately, I feel confident that the rescue co-ordinators have more common sense than some of the contributors here; if a helicoptor is called to a dog rescue and a human emergency requires its attendance, it will be diverted (it's called prioritisation).
monkeydog
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1:01pm Fri 23 Nov 12
cecilbdoomil says...
3:25pm Sun 18 Nov 12