First responders rescue dog from embankment

Courtesy of South Whidbey Fire/EMS

WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — Rescue crews on Whidbey Island were called to help a dog that fell down a 20-foot embankment Wednesday afternoon.

First responders used a rope system to pull the old, 80-pound dog up from behind its owner’s home near Useless Bay, officials said.

The dog had gotten stuck for about an hour.

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