They say cats have nine lives, but one dog in Wilton has earned himself another one following a dramatic rescue by firefighters.
Emergency services received a call for assistance on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11:51 a.m. that a dog had gotten its head stuck in the stump of a dead tree and couldn’t get it out.
Wilton Fire Department Station 2, police and animal control responded to Boas Lane near the Town Forest, where the dog was stuck.
The dog had been out for a walk with its owner, according to Wilton Fire Lt. Tom Cassin, when it chased a chipmunk and managed to lodge its head inside the stump of a dead tree. Cassin did not know the dog’s name or breed but described it as a brown, medium-sized, short-haired dog. “You couldn’t see how the dog got in there,” he said.
Attempts to free the dog were made by the dog’s owner and other concerned dog walkers, including an off-duty Stamford fire lieutenant, but they were unable to move him, Cassin said.