Team of 13 rescued ‘wounded and emaciated’ dog from its highest mountain England in an operation that lasted over four hours.

The team launched rescue efforts after the dog’s owners first called police for help as their four-legged pet refused to walk on his way back from Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain in the Lake District. The dog was emaciated, had a cut on its paw, and “refused to move.”

Descending as fast as possible to the river Grains Gill, near the mountain pass of Esk House, the owners met the rescue party. Rescuers placed the Akita in a special case to keep her comfortable before returning her to the Seatwaite Farm.

A spokesman for Keswick Mountain Rescue said, “While it was a fairly large dog at 33kg, it was a pleasure to carry such a lightly injured person.”

This is not the first time rescuers have had to rescue a dog from this particular mountain. In July 2020, a St. Bernard named Daisy weighing 121 kg had to be rescued from Scafell Pike.

The National Trust’s website warns that Scafell Pike’s long, rocky terrain is only suitable for dogs “accustomed to long waterfall walks.”