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PHOTOS: Dog rescued in Shaver Park
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department and Animal Control have rescued a dog out from under rocks at Shaver Park.
Kris Alderson, 21, was walking her brother's 8-month-old Australian Shephard dog, Bella, around noon Thursday when the dog's leash slipped out of her hand and the dog went running. After searching the park for nearly an hour, Alderson could hear the dog whimpering on the side on an embankment that leads to a ravine just east of Wenig Road and Pikes Peak Court NE in Shaver Park.
The dog had fallen between some rocks in the embankment, was wedged inside, and unable to escape on its own. Firefighters arrived and were able to free the dog in 40 minutes. Bella was not injured.
Bella, an 8 month old Australian Shepherd is pulled out from underneath old pieces of concrete by Cedar Rapids Animal Rescuer Rod Irons in Shaver Park off of J Avenue in northeast Cedar Rapids on Thursday, April 1, 2010. The dog, who is owned by Mike Alderson and Sara Boyd was on a walk with Alderson's sister, Kristina Alderson when the dog was spooked and wedged herself underneath the concrete. The dog was stuck for a couple hours and it took 45 minutes for Animal Control and the Cedar Rapids Fire Department to get her out by jacking up a piece of concrete. (Julie Koehn/The Gazette)
Kristina Alderson (left) and Sara Boyd pet Bella, an 8 month old Australian Shepherd after she is pulled out from underneath old pieces of concrete in Shaver Park off of J Avenue in northeast Cedar Rapids on Thursday, April 1, 2010. The dog, who is owned by Mike Alderson and Boyd was on a walk with Kristina Alderson when the dog was spooked and wedged herself underneath the concrete. The dog was stuck for a couple hours and it took 45 minutes for Animal Control and the Cedar Rapids Fire Department to get her out by jacking up a piece of concrete. (Julie Koehn/The Gazette)
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