The Guardian - Stranded dog saved from rising tide after rescuers attach sausage to drone

21 Jan 2022

Millie, a  jack russell-whippet cross, disappeared after slipping her lead in Havant, Hampshire, and after frantic public appeals was spotted on the mudflats, in danger of being engulfed by the tide.

As the tide rose, it began to look perilous for Millie, who had defied the efforts of police, firefighters and coastguards to pluck her from treacherous mudflats.

So the rescuers had to think imaginatively, and came up with the idea of attaching a sausage to a drone and hoping the scent of the treat would tempt Millie to safety.

It worked gloriously and Millie has been reunited with her grateful owner after following the dangling sausage to higher, safer ground.