This is the incredible moment a lost puppy is rescued from under a pile of shrubbery after being spotted by rescue teams armed with a thermal camera.
Owner Jodie Dance, 37, was left in tears after recovering her beloved dog Bow, who went missing for five days after running away in Burton Dassett Country Park, Warwickshire.
Despite searching tirelessly for her sixth-month-old dog, Ms Dance was forced to put her search on hold as night fell and it got dark.
The next day she issued a desperate appeal for locals to look out for her beloved pet near where it went missing.
It wasn’t until five days later that a jogger overheard barking coming from a bramble-filled railway embankment, about a mile away from where the dog went missing.
Owner Jodie Dance, 37, was left in tears after recovering her beloved dog Bow, who went missing for five days after running away in Burton Dassett Country Park, Warwickshire
Drone footage shows how the thermal camera (right) was able to spot the dog
A close up of the footage shows the dog being rescued on the thermal camera
Drone operator John Watton, 50, was then called in and used thermal imaging cameras to spot bow trapped inside the thicket.
Mr Watton, from Drone SAR (search and rescue) For Lost Dogs UK, said: ‘The thermal drone is really good for areas that are really hard to search in.
‘A jogger heard barking but couldn’t see the dog so we were called in and I took the drone over to his location.
‘Within a few minutes I picked up a heat signature.
‘It was literally about 6ft in brambles so all I got was a heat signature of a sort of spaniel, fox-type size.
‘One I picked that up the team went into this area, secured any exits and then they went in and grabbed Bow.’
Footage from Sunday’s rescue shows Ms Dance and her friends hacking down the thick brambles with hedge trimmers before hauling Bow to safety.
Despite searching tirelessly for her sixth-month-old dog, Ms Dance was forced to put her search on hold as night fell and it got dark
Drone operator John Watton, 50, was then called in and used thermal imaging cameras to spot bow trapped inside the thicket
Footage shows Ms Dance and her friends rescuing the sixth-month old puppy
Mr Watton added: ‘It’s probably about a mile from where she went missing from.
‘Just the reaction from the owner was unbelievable. She was completely in tears.
‘To be honest I was nearly blubbering.’
Relieved owner Ms Dance, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, had taken Bow and her sister Bella for a walk in the countryside when they both ran away.
She said: ‘They are only pups but they love running so I took them to Burton Dassett and let them off the lead.
‘They were having a fabulous time on the hills but then both disappeared from view and then only Bella came back.
‘I had no idea where Bow was but had to stop looking when it went dark so I contacted Drone SAR who were just brilliant.
‘Despite Bow being out in the cold for five days she’s made a full recovery. It’s a miracle she was found and it wouldn’t have happened without the thermal drone.’