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Firefighters in Montana rescue St. Bernard from icy pond


Sat Mar 7, 6:41 PM




BILLINGS, Mont. - There was a rescue involving a St. Bernard, but this time it was the humans who saved the day.
A 16-month-old St. Bernard named Duke apparently fell through the ice on a golf-course pond in Billings, Mont., after escaping from his yard. He was able to pull himself out but ended up getting frozen to the ice.
A maintenance worker saw the dog and got help. Two firefighters in dry suits pushed an ice rescue sled over about three metres of hip-deep water and three metres of ice to reach the shivering, 50-kilogram dog.
The firefighters broke the ice around Duke's tail with a mallet before hauling the dog and a chunk of ice back to shore.
Duke was feeling better after being de-iced and warmed up under a blow dryer at a veterinary clinic.