Rescuers Save Dog From Drowning By Dangling Sausage From A Drone

According to The Guardian, she had slipped free from her leash in Havant, Hampshire before being spotted among the English county's treacherous mudflats days later.

As Chris Taylor of the Denmead Drone Search and Rescue Team said, "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."

Although the team had been using drones to track her location, they used kayaks like these and similar craft to try and bring the dog to safety.

However, it was hard to reach her at the best of times and she resisted any effort to approach her. With the clock ticking on her situation, the team had to get creative and thought of an unusual last resort.

Taylor explained that a resident in the beach community they were mounting the rescue from cooked some the sausages for them. The team then attached the meat to the drone with string.

In his words, "It was a crazy idea."

Nonetheless, Millie was hungry enough that it worked and rescuers used the drone to lure her to higher ground that they were sure wouldn't be affected by the tides.

As she put it, "Millie really likes food and she’ll eat anything you give her … raw carrots, cucumber – but she much prefers sausages. Meat is her favourite food, so dangling a sausage was probably the best thing they could lure her with."

She's ecstatic to have Millie home safe, but Millie's clearly been exhausted by the ordeal since she's just been sleeping and eating since her return.

h/t: The Guardian