Millie, die jack russell-whippet, het op moddervlaktes langs die Hampshire-kus gestrand geraak en was in gevaar om deur stygende getye meegesleur te word. Rescuers couldn’t reach her by kayak so decided to see if they could lure her to higher ground. Die Denmead Drone Search & Rescue team, who had helped in the search for Millie, came up with an ingenious idea, attaching a sausage to a drone in the hope the scent would lure her to safety. It worked perfectly as Millie followed the sausage to higher ground and has now been reunited with her owner
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