A stranded dog has been saved from a rising tide after rescuers attached a sausage to a drone

Millie went missing after slipping loose from her lead during a walk. The adventurous pooch found her way onto some mudflats off the coast of Hampshire, England but was threatened by the rising tides. Her owners, the police, firefighters, and volunteers tried in vain to lure her away from danger for four-days but the nervous Jack Russell-Whippet cross could not be persuaded to return. As the tide rose all feared for her safety until the Denmead Drone Search & Rescue team came up with a remarkable idea, tying a sausage to a drone, flying it near her, and luring her on to higher, safer ground. The hungry hound took the bait and the bizarre scheme worked. Millie has now been safely reunited with her relieved owners.