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Australians captivated by dog rescue
Sep 10, 2009, 6:12 GMT
Sydney - Australians were urged Thursday to donate to an animal welfare organization to fund the ongoing rescue of a deaf 8-year-old cavalier King Charles spaniel.
A search and rescue team has been working with veterinarians since Tuesday to reach the dog, called Scooby, which was stuck in a cave on a farm an hour's drive north of Sydney.
'There's a significant expense to these kinds of operations,' said Matt French, spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 'We'd like to remind people we're not government-funded; we're a charity.'
Remote cameras located Scooby behind a 6-metre rock wall Tuesday. Firefighters using jackhammers were digging through 100 tons of rock to reach him.
Rescuers camped outside the cave were being cheered on by Jack Newton, Scooby's 6-year-old owner.
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