Footage of the dramatic rescue of a chained dog from a heavy stream in Cinere, Bogor, West Java, was circulating online on Wednesday evening.

Duh 😢😢

(via: IG galaindiga) pic.twitter.com/9iUgGkoR49

— Nihaqus Yuhamus (@nihaqus) January 1, 2020

The post was taken from an Instagram story posted by a user with the handle @galaindiga and resposted on Twitter by Twitter user @nihaqus.

It shows a dog desperately trying to break free from his chain amid a heavy stream and rising floodwaters. 

The Instagram user wrote that he had seen the flood approach his house in Cinere on Wednesday morning from Bogor and that it was something he had never witnessed in the past 18 years.

“From afar I saw my neighbor’s house tried hard to [withstand] the heavy current. And I just realized that the dog was chained to the house’s fence. Sadly, the dog’s owner was not at home. The only ones seeing this incident were me and the RW head,” he wrote in the caption, with reference to the community unit head.

He added that he had been afraid to rescue the dog as the current was so strong and he saw heavy objects such as cars and iron gates drift away with the stream.

“And also, I did not know how to handle the dog in this kind of situation,” he said.

Finally he contacted local firefighters who came to cut the dog’s chain with an axe. The dog was saved at last.

“Pak RW tried to shelter the dog, which was traumatized. Some locals came to feed it,” @galaindiga said.

Many residents have gone out of town for the year-end holiday that also coincided with a school break.

A story with a less fortunate dog was reported from Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta.

Twitter user @reammapu shared her mother’s Facebook post that tells the story of a rescue efforts for five dogs owned by their next door neighbor.

Status FB mamaku hari ini huhu sedih banget buat guguk guguk kecil ini. Buat teman teman yang punya anak anak bulu juga, semoga baik baik semua ya anak anaknya 😔🥺 pic.twitter.com/79POkSqsJt

— Restya Mahara (@reammapu) January 1, 2020

“The beginning of 2020 started with a rescue mission for five dogs owned by my neighbors, who were on their New Year’s vacation. Since last night, their dogs were very noisy. I thought they were afraid of the thunderstorm. At around five in the morning I peeped into the house, and it turned out a dog had died and was floating,” Rena said in the post.

Rena, her son and other neighbors then broke into the house and evacuated the remaining four dogs, who were cold and shivering.

“Fortunately, the four other dogs could be rescued and immediately sheltered at another neighbor’s house that is not flooded,” Rena said.

An update of the Twitter post said the dog’s owner was a new resident unaware that the area was prone to flooding.

Rena later provided another update to inform readers that the remaining dogs were alright as the owners had returned on Wednesday. She added that the dead dog had been older and weaker than the other four.

Animal rights community Garda Satwa Foundation also took to Instagram, advising pet owners not to cage or chain pets when they leave the house.

 

 

 

 

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Apabila ada yang bisa membantu memberikan tempat untuk mengungsi silakan komentar di bawah, supaya yang membutuhkan bisa langsung terkoneksi dengan yang bisa membantu 🙏🏻

A post shared by Garda Satwa Foundation (@gardasatwafoundation) on Dec 31, 2019 at 7:09pm PST

“Pet owners whose houses are flooded, if it is not possible to take your pets with you [during evacuation], just make sure they are left unchained and not in a cage, whatever kind of pet you have [birds, chicken, dogs, cats], except for fish. At least if there is no one to help them, they can help themselves,” the post read. (gis)

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