Dog rescued from island off Australia's coast after being swept off rocks into ocean
by Nick Visser from World news | The Guardian on (#76173)
Marine Rescue NSW volunteer coaxes distressed dog on to jetski after it paddled to Snapper Island in Batemans Bay
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On Monday, radio operators in Batemans Bay along the New South Wales south coast got a call they hadn't had before: a dog had been swept off the rocks and was in the ocean in distress.
Rod Ingamells, the unit commander of the local Marine Rescue NSW team, was one of the first to hop in a rescue vessel. But by the time his team reached the area, the dog had swum nearly 800 metres across the bay to nearby Snapper Island.
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