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Explorers rescue dog lost in 33 km cave in US' Missouri 2 months after it went missing

A team of spelunkers working to map a cave in Missouri, US, ended up rescuing a dog missing for two months. Cavers found the dog, identified as Abby, 200 feet inside the main passage of the cave and used a duffel bag and blankets to protect the her during the difficult climb.

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Updated Aug 18, 2022, 20:12 IST

Dog that went missing 2 months ago rescued from Missouri cave | Picture courtesy: Rick Haley

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

The dog went missing on June 9.
She was possibly lost in the 21-mile-long cave for two months.
Paw prints of a malnourished but uninjured Abby led rescuers to her.

Missouri, United States: A team of spelunkers working to map a cave in Missouri, US, ended up rescuing a dog missing for two months.

Rick Haley and Gerry Keene, the cavers who led the mapping work inside the Berome Cave for the Cave Research Foundation, said they discovered the canine about 200 feet inside the main passage of the cave.

Firefighters, alerted by another group of cave explorers, advised the team to use a duffel bag and blankets to protect the dog during the difficult ascent from the cave.

The dog, identified as Abby, went missing on June 9 and was possibly lost in what is the second largest cave in Missouri, for up to two months. Although starving, the dog was not injured when the spelunkers first found her.

Haley said he noticed paw prints near a cave entrance inside a 12-foot-deep pit, which is where Abby likely ended up underground.

The rescue was described as a "very tight, awkward, vertical climb, handing her hand to hand upward to the surface” in a Facebook post by Haley.

According to the Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy, Berome Moore is believed to be about 21 miles long (33 km in length).

In July, Indian Forest Service (IFS) rangers saved an elephant calf that fell into a ditch at 1 am in a long, overnight rescue operation.

IFS officer Parveen Kaswan posted a video of their incredible effort on Twitter. It shows the laborious rescue that involved filling the pit using an excavator to create a pathway, which was then used by the rescuers to reach the baby elephant and secure it.

By 5 am, the calf was lifted out of the whole and reunited with its family.

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