A team of firefighters rescued a small dog that had been missing for weeks after finding it swimming into the San Francisco Bay. The dog had gone missing over the Fourth of July weekend, according to the Menlo Park fire protection district. Someone called 911 on 16 July to report seeing a dog enter the bay near the Dumbarton Bridge in East Palo Alto.
The dog “just kept swimming,” according to a Menlo Park fire district Instagram post.
Rescue Operation
The Menlo Park fire protection district mobilized at least two trucks, a boat, and an airboat in pursuit of the dog. Rescuers first spotted it from the ground with binoculars, then used a drone while pursuing it from the water. Both fire and police officers assisted in the rescue. The dog was photographed being toweled off by a team of tattooed firefighters.
Additional footage released by the East Palo Alto police department showed the dog being followed by seagulls in the water. According to InMenlo, the dog was rescued a half mile off the shore.
Reunited with Family
Authorities turned the dog over to the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), which located the pup’s family and returned it. “Dog and family have been reunited,” the Menlo Park fire protection district’s Instagram post reads.
