Canine rescued after surviving 60-foot fall from Michigan cliff and spending night time alone on Lake Superior shoreline

A canine named Dancer was rescued after surviving a 60-foot fall at a park in Michigan, the Nationwide Park Service mentioned Thursday, marking the second time in lower than two weeks {that a} canine has been discovered alive after plunging off a excessive cliff.

The three-year-old pooch was off her leash at Pictured Rocks Nationwide Lakeshore on Wednesday when she fell off a cliff close to Miners Citadel onto a ledge about 60 toes under. Her house owners had been unable to search out her and had been even “satisfied she had not survived,” park officers mentioned in a information launch.

Pictured Rocks Park Rangers obtained a notification of the misplaced canine and enlisted the assistance of the Superior Excessive Angle Rescue Professionals  – an area rope rescue crew – to assist get well the pup from a harmful part of the Lake Superior shoreline.  

Three members of the crew went into the realm Thursday morning and located a “chilly, however alive Dancer,” the Nationwide Park Service mentioned. When the rescuers arrived, she was “excited” to see them regardless of making an attempt to remain heat all night time, in line with park officers. 

Dancer, who had been described as a “skilled troublemaker,” was reunited along with her household and is recovering, in line with park officers. 

The Pictured Rocks Nationwide Lakeshore, America’s first nationwide lakeshore, has distinct coastal options and its situated alongside the southern shore of Lake Superior. 

“With this yr’s delicate begin to winter, many areas of Pictured Rocks are extra accessible than they’re most years” Chief Ranger Joe Hughes mentioned. “It’s nonetheless vital to recollect to be ready for slippery, chilly circumstances that may change shortly.” 

Dancer’s rescue comes over per week after the Coast Guard saved a unique 3-year-old canine that additionally fell from a cliff. This canine, a golden retriever named Leo, was strolling together with his house owners when he fell 300 toes at Oregon’s Ecola State Park. In a dramatic rescue caught on digicam, a Coast Guard helicopter crew was in a position to get Leo to security and reunited him together with his house owners.