Small dog missing for weeks rescued while swimming in San Francisco Bay
A team of firefighters saved the pup from the water in a mission that utilized boats, trucks and a drone
Firefighters rescued a small dog that had been missing for weeks after finding it swimming into the San Francisco Bay
The dog had gone missing over the Fourth of July weekend, according to the Menlo Park fire protection district. But someone called 911 on 16 July to say they had seen a dog enter the bay near the Dumbarton Bridge in East Palo Alto
The dog “just kept swimming”, according to a Menlo Park fire district Instagram post
The Menlo Park fire protection district mobilized at least two trucks, a boat and an airboat in pursuit of the dog. Rescuers first put eyes on it from the ground with binoculars. Later, they used a drone while pursuing it from the water
The department later released footage of the dog rescue on social media
Both fire and police officers assisted with saving the missing dog, which was photographed getting toweled off by a team of tattooed firefighters
Authorities later turned over to the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), which located the pup’s family and returned it
“Dog and family have been reunited,” the Menlo Park fire protection district’s Instagram post reads
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