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Three stranded dogs rescued from Quebec cliff

The fox terriers were stranded five days on a cliffside plateau near a zipline park in Quebec before rescuers reached them by rope; nobody is sure who went first.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree fox terriers spent five days stranded on a narrow rocky ledge on a cliff in Quebec, and a rescue team has now brought them back up, CTV News reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFive days. On a ledge. With nothing to do but look at each other.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA neighbor heard barking and called the fire department and the SPCA. Rescuers then went down the cliff on ropes.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRopes. Brave people. Went down a cliff for dogs that went down it for free.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe rescue group says one possibility is that one dog fell and the other two followed.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFollowed.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne dog goes over a cliff and two others think, yes, that looks like the plan. Somebody should be asking about their judgment.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe group's other theory is that they ran through the forest and missed an abrupt drop. That's the less insulting one.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey went back to the top and were reunited with their owner, a man in his eighties.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd bet his first question was who went first.

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