The dog was stuck in a tree, hanging by its collar. Choking, he was rescued by the postman in Bagnols-sur-Cèze.
Gaëtan Planelles is a temporary postman at the Bagnols-sur-Cèze post office. Last Thursday, August 11, around noon, while he was doing his daily bike tour, Gaëtan was crossing rue Marie Curie and heard a rather agitated dog barking constantly in one of the houses.
Suspended by his necklace from the branch of a tree
The dog, named Vicky, runs and jumps from one side of the garden to the other until he clings with his collar to the branch of a tree. Suspended, the animal is stuck and has difficulty breathing. He is in danger of choking. That’s when Gaëtan sees the scene. He directly calls the owner of the canine, a seventy-eight-year-old retiree present at her home at the time of the incident. Panicked, the elderly lady remains helpless in the face of the situation and fails to free Vicky.
He couldn’t breathe and was choking, it was the only solution
Although afraid of dogs, Gaëtan did not hesitate to help the animal in great difficulty: “I took my courage in both hands, I entered the garden and I helped the animal. The lady gave me a saw and I directly cut down the small tree that was trapping the dog. He didn’t could no longer breathe and was choking, it was the only solution”.
Thanks to him, Vicky is doing well and the young man is proud of his act. “It’s a great story, I’m happy for the lady because her dog is in good health”. Vicky’s owner is very grateful to the postman, who saved her dog from certain death.
