Dog was stranded on a riverbank for 2 months, but nobody called rescuers, KY group says
A dog stranded for nearly two months on a stretch of beach along the Ohio River has finally been rescued, Kentucky authorities said.
Stacey McCord-Crooks, president of the Humane Society of Henderson County, said rescuers were alerted Aug. 3 to a Facebook post about a German shepherd alone on Sigeco Beach.
“Every time a boat would go by he would run out of the woods as if he thought his owner was coming for him then he would run back into the woods,” Cathy Cobb-Gish said in the post.
Equipped with enticing chicken strips and a trap, a rescue team set out for Sigeco Beach, according to an Aug. 5 Facebook post by Henderson County Animal Control.
After circling the trap about 10 times, the 3-year-old German shepherd, now named “Driftwood River Banks,” went in, and he was brought to safety on the boat.
“This boy is so sweet,” McCord-Crooks said. “He went to every single one of us on the boat and gave kisses telling us thank you.”
Rescuers said the dog, who was not microchipped, had been stranded there for almost two months, adding that they were “perplexed” as to why no one contacted them sooner.
Despite being covered in fleas and ticks, for which he is receiving treatment, Driftwood appears to be healthy, rescuers said.
He is being checked for heartworms and will have time to decompress before meeting the public, the group said.
Sigeco Beach is a stretch of beach in Kentucky along the Ohio River across from Evansville, Indiana.
This story was originally published August 7, 2024 at 2:24 PM with the headline "Dog was stranded on a riverbank for 2 months, but nobody called rescuers, KY group says."
