After being locked up underground for days, a frightened puppy was ultimately saved with the assistance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and firefighters.

On March 1, rescuers in Coalville, Leicestershire, received a phone call about a terrified dog trapped in a badger’s sett shortly before lunchtime.

The caller was the dog’s concerned owner, who also informed that the pet had been stranded for greater than 60 hours. According to the Daily Mail, the dog crept inside the sett but was not able to escape after being imprisoned within for greater than 60 hours.

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RSPCA examiners responded quickly, and when the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service arrived, they carefully listened to determine the whereabouts of the dog. They narrowed down an area and started excavating based upon the pet’s barking. According to accounts, officials also used specialized listening and locating gear to locate the trapped canine, and more rescue personnel were brought in to aid with their efforts.

After considerable digging, they had the ability to find it about 4 p.m. thanks to the canine’s whimpers. The canine was eventually rescued quickly before 5 p.m. and securely committed RSPCA inspectors. After everything it had actually gone through, the puppy was lay down on the ground for a bit before being reunited with its adoring owner.

Because there were no extra animals at the area, it is thought that the badger sett was dormant. The rescue comes only days after a border terrier was trapped for six days inside a badger sett in Rowde, Wiltshire.

According to Mirror, Bumble, the dog, fell into it while out for a walk. Annie Davidson, her owner, had actually then put out a missing out on dog appeal, believing that her dog had climbed from it because she was nowhere to be located.

But someday, Bumble popped her head out of the earth and struggled to get back to security. Of course, the pooch was incredibly dehydrated and weak as it had not eaten anything for the past 6 days but thankfully her problem was not deadly and she was saved.

“We’re so delighted to have Bumble back home. The experience was traumatic for her. Bumble appeared and out of the badger sett. Very thin and dried but great or else,” shared Davidson who was relieved that her pet was doing simply fine.