Overview
- In Stuttgart, 10 firefighters with two vehicles deployed ladders and neoprene-suited responders on safety lines to free April, an 11-year-old Labrador trapped in a moor.
- A passerby heard barking around 15:00 and called 112, triggering the dog rescue and leading police to identify and reunite the owner.
- On scene, April was given water, roughly cleaned and covered with blankets to prevent further cooling before heading to a veterinary practice.
- In Lower Saxony’s Landkreis Oldenburg, 37 responders used slings and a plastic platform under veterinary supervision to pull a pony from a ditch; the animal was cold and weak but returned to its owner.
- In Bonn’s Limperich district, police and firefighters removed an exhausted deer from a backyard pool around midnight; authorities reported no injuries.