Helicopter Herder Follows a Dog’s Tracks from the Air to a Miracle Rescue

[Michie]

Jamie Rooney is reunited with his dog Rocky in Jack Poplawski’s helicopter – Supplied Jamie Rooney


A helicopter pilot in Australia recently found a man’s missing dog in the Outback in what the owner called a “needle in a haystack rescue.”

For those who’ve never been to cattle country Down Under, it might come as a surprise to know that because the ranches are so vast, farmers will often hire helicopter pilots to round the cattle up for them.

But in late April, pilot Jack Poplawski got a different sort of phone call—a man had lost his dog and was desperate for some help.

Continued below.

Helicopter Herder Follows a Dog’s Tracks from the Air to a Miracle Rescue

A helicopter pilot in Australia recently found a man's missing dog in the Outback in what the owner called a "needle in a haystack rescue."

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[AlexB23]

Jamie Rooney is reunited with his dog Rocky in Jack Poplawski’s helicopter – Supplied Jamie Rooney


A helicopter pilot in Australia recently found a man’s missing dog in the Outback in what the owner called a “needle in a haystack rescue.”

For those who’ve never been to cattle country Down Under, it might come as a surprise to know that because the ranches are so vast, farmers will often hire helicopter pilots to round the cattle up for them.

But in late April, pilot Jack Poplawski got a different sort of phone call—a man had lost his dog and was desperate for some help.

Continued below.

Helicopter Herder Follows a Dog’s Tracks from the Air to a Miracle Rescue

A helicopter pilot in Australia recently found a man's missing dog in the Outback in what the owner called a "needle in a haystack rescue."

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

This is wholesome. In an alternate timeline though, a dog on or with a helicopter would try to find a missing man.

Wait, that actually happened in February 2024, well, with the police dogs on the ground of course: See how Massachusetts State Police used dogs, helicopter to find missing Russell man