This is the moment a Labrador was saved from the freezing sea by the RNLI after the dog ran into the sea chasing after a ball. Footage shows the lifeboat getting closer and closer to the dog, before the crew are able to reach out to the stricken animal. A volunteer lifeboat crew raced to rescue the Labrador, being guided from the shore by the Coastguard near Seaton Sluice in NorthumberlandThe RNLI crew saw Shaddah the Labrador struggling some 200 metres from the beach on March 11The soaking wet black Labrador is then pulled on board, stroked and calmed before being reunited with his owner. The volunteer crew had launched the RNLI lifeboat off the coast of Seaton Sluice at 3.26pm on March 11 after being alerted that Shaddah was missing. After the rescue the crew made their short way back to Seaton Sluice harbour to reunite Shaddah with his grateful owner.

Source: Daily Mail March 16, 2021 15:07 UTC