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Ben Nevis
Lochaber Mountain Rescue was called to Ben Nevis to assist a Turkish Akbash dog with sore paws that had refused to continue descending. A stretcher party met the dog's owners halfway down the mountain and carried the animal to safety in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Outcome: dog safely brought down the mountain by stretcher
Responding team
Sources
- Mountain Rescuers called up Ben Nevis for struggling dog
- Tired dog stretchered down Ben Nevis in five-hour rescue operation
- Dog Triggers Mountain Rescue After Refusing To Walk
- Dog stretchered down Ben Nevis in unusual rescue amid sweltering heatwave
- Dog gets carried down mountain on stretcher in scorching heat
- Dog gets stretchered down huge mountain because it refused to walk a single step more
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