Pet rescue personnel in the United
Kingdom recently rescued a stranded dog by attaching a sausage to a drone,
after the pet had been stranded on a swampy mudbank amid an approaching tide.

The personnel decided to tie a sausage
to the drone to lure the dog away from the muddy terrain.

The dog named Millie, a Jack
Russell-Whippet mix, ran away after escaping from her leash in Havant,
Hampshire, on January 13. After disappearing for several hours, 3-year-old
Millie was located on the swamp terrain, at risk of being swept away by the tide.

In conversation with the Guardian,
Chris Taylor, the chair of pet rescue organisation Denmead Drone Search and
Rescue, said the sausage-drone plan was “a crazy idea.”

According to a report by Global News, personnel had initially dispatched kayakers and coast guardsmen to
rescue the dog, but all attempts had gone to waste.

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It was only after a series of
unsuccessful attempts that a drone pilot was hit by the unconventional idea of
attaching a sausage to the drone.  

After the quirky
suggestion, the rescue squad went through the Civil Aviation Authority
regulations, analysing a possible 2-ounce sausage being tied to an aerial drone
unit.

With the help of drone operators,
the operation was successful, thanks to Millie’s hunger and strong
aromatic skills for sausages. According to the BBC, the rescue plan managed to
get the dog 300 meters away to a safer place.

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Responding to the incident, Taylor
stated, “If we hadn’t had got her away from that area, the tide would have come
in and she would have been at risk of drowning. Because Millie was hungry, it
worked at luring her away from the danger to higher ground, which wouldn’t go
underwater.”

Although the plan was mostly
successful, the 3-year-old pup ran away to an industrial area after devouring a
bite of the sausage and was rescued in the usual manner.

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Millie was then returned to her owner,
Emma Oakes the next day.

While the pet owner took a sigh
of relief, Chris Taylor expressed his plans to use the technique again if a
similar situation arises.