Hero Dog Stays by Owner’s Side in Sub-Zero Temperatures After He Broke His Ankle During Hike

“The man was wounded and badly bruised but conscious and had the little dog, Ash, next to him,” shared a Facebook post by the Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (CNSAS) mountain rescue team, “He claimed that he had slipped several meters into a canal and dragged himself, albeit with a broken ankle and other traumas as close to the creek water as possible and that he managed to survive thanks to the company of the doggy.”

The pair were hiking north of Udine at approximately 2,300 feet when the hiker slipped. Unfortunately, he was out of cell phone range to call for help. A helicopter rescue saved him!

Read more rescue stories in One Green Planet, including this dog that was reduced from an irrigation pipe. 

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