Dog saved after fighting for life at sea

A dog that was being swept out to sea has been safely rescued after being spotted by a coastguard helicopter in training.

The UK coastguard was alerted to the cockerpoo in difficulty in the Moray Firth at Cummingston, on the north-east coast, at 10:45am yesterday. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said their search and rescue helicopter based at Inverness, which was training in the area at the time, was quickly able to locate the pet.

The crew then alerted the Moray inshore rescue boat crew, based at Findhorn.

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