Dog stuck between walls rescued by volunteers

HYDERABAD: A team of animal rescuers had a herculean task at hand when they received information that a puppy was stuck in a narrow gap between two walls at Champapet. On receiving the information, Panneru Teja of the HSI and another rescue volunteer immediately rushed to the spot to start the rescue operation. The team’s efforts went in vain for nearly two hours as none of the methods they used seem to work.

“We used a ropes, sticks and tried all methods that we used earlier in similar operations, but nothing worked. ,” said Teja. Teja then decided to dig a hole from the ground floor of one of the houses from where they could pull the puppy out but the people staying there were a bit apprehensive because it was not their own house and the owners might object breaking the wall.

The incident came to light on Friday evening when the rescue team of Humane Society International/India (HIS/India) were informed about the dog crying from past two days as it was stuck between the two walls.

On receiving the information, Panneru Teja, an HSI/India cruelty response consultant and another rescue volunteer Yerra Pradeep immediately rushed to the spot, assessed the situation and started the rescue operation.

However, they could not rescue the puppy despite trying every method possible for nearly two hours.

“We used a rope, long sticks and tried all the methods that we used earlier in such rescue operations, but the gap in between both the walls was so narrow that nothing worked. The gap in between both the walls were just about a breadth of a brick apart,” said Teja.

Teja then decided to dig a hole from the ground floor of one of the houses from where they could pull the puppy out but the people staying there were a bit apprehensive because it was not their own house and the owners might object breaking the wall.

“They had asked us to wait for one more day so that they can talk to the landlords and get permission to break the wall. I was not very comfortable with waiting for another day as the puppy looked like it will not survive the night in the narrow gap,” said Teja.

The duo went ahead with the rescue operation and started digging the wall after getting support from one of the colony residents who was very keen on rescuing the dog and asked them not to wait for another day.

After making a hole which was about the size of a football, Teja got hold of the puppy’s hind legs and carefully started pulling it out and managed to rescue the dog in a humane manner.

“The puppy panicked for a while after it was rescued and started running away from us but calmed down after a few minutes. We managed to rescue it without any injury or trauma,” said Pradeep.

After the rescue, the volunteers convinced the residents to cover the gap to avoid such unforeseen incidents in future.