By Derek Schlennstedt
Firies in Macclesfield and Emerald SES completed a daring rescue of a doggo in distress, after it got stuck down a wombat hole on 3 November.
According to firefighters, Ted the Koolie dog spent three hours stuck in a wombat hole, which was located underneath an old apple cool storage shed.
The dog had dug into a wombat hole and gotten stuck about a metre underground beneath the shed’s concrete slab.
Crews worked together to come up with a plan after narrowing down the dog’s location. That plan involved excavating the floor.
After working their way through the double hard wood floor, insulation and the concrete slab, rescuers found a pair of eyes and a nose in the darkness.
Ted’s whimpering alerted crews to the extent of his entrapment and with more digging, firefighters eventually cleared enough soil to free him.
Apparently although a little sore from his misadventure, Ted had enough energy to wag his tail and thank his rescuers.
