This article is from page 1 of the 2014-08-05 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
A DOG was reunited safe and well with his owners after surviving a 300 metre fall from cliffs in Kilkee on Sunday.
The family pet whose name is Vimes fell after losing it’s footing at Lookout Point near Dunlicky, Kilkee. The alarm was raised at around 3.30pm when a member of the public rang the emergency services to report that a dog over the edge at Look Out Point.
It is thought the small terrier slipped of the cliff edge after getting away from his owners.
The dog fell 90 metres and collided with part of the cliff face on the way down. He was spotted in the water below by a member of the public.
The Irish Coast Guard marine rescue sub centre at Valentia Island in Co Kerry was alerted an in turn requested the Kilkee unit of the service to mobilise. Rescuers quickly arrived at the scene and devised a plan for bringing Vimes safely back to dry land. But when the rescue boat went back out to the water, they found that the dog had already made his way to shore.
Vimes was then reunited with his grateful owners, who are believed to be from Limerick. A Coast Guard spokesman said that Vimes miraculously avoided injury despite enduring such a dangerous fall. “He was fine. He’s a tough dog,” explained the spokesman. Vimes himself later tweeted his thanks to the rescue services.