2 Dogs Trapped In Underground Tunnel Rescued After 36hrs

This is the triumphant moment Italian firefighters pull to safety one of two dogs rescued after they were trapped in a narrow underground tunnel near an old mine for 36 hours.Show more

The two pooches, named Muscolo and Orfeo, were on a boar hunt when they became trapped in the underground cavity in Baragazza, Castiglione dei Pepoli, in the Bolognese Apennines in northern Italy.

After the dogs became trapped the local fire service worked with search and rescue teams and the Alpine-River Department through the night for 36 hours to try to rescue them. Two experts from the Brigade of Bergamo Command, Stanislao Liuzzi and Marco Bramante, were also sent to the scene.