Dog rescued while swimming 135 miles off Thailand
 

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BANGKOK (AP) — A dog found swimming more than 220 kilometers (135 miles) from shore by workers on an oil rig crew in the Gulf of Thailand has been returned safely to land. A worker on the rig belonging to Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Vitisak Payalaw, said on his Facebook page that they saw the dog last Friday swimming toward the platform. He said they were lucky to spot it because if there had been waves it probably would not have been visible.
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The dog made it to the platform, clinging to the support structure below deck without barking or whimpering, Vitisak wrote. The crew managed to lower a rope and secure it around the dog's neck and haul it up. Vitisak said they speculated the dog might have fallen off a fishing trawler, and dubbed it "Boon Rod," or "Survivor."

The dog was delivered by boat Monday to the southern port of Songkhla and was declared in good shape after being taken to the animal protection group Watchdog Thailand. Vitisak said if the dog was unclaimed, he would like to take it to his home in northeast Thailand.

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I am very happy they saved doggo...they are all much better than us humans...

Awesome they were able to save that lucky puppy! :thumbsup

I read that last night and saw pictures. The poor puppy looked so exhausted and like he’d given up hope. It angered me that he jumped off another ship but it didn’t stop to save him.

What really excited me was he was dehydrated. He was smart enough not to drink salt water and that saved him. The will to survive was strong and he was very, very lucky.

That's incredible. I love dogs. Truly mans best friend.

Beautiful story.

No fish for dinner that night.

Lucky puppy 🐶

Happy ending.

Pooch is thankful it was a Thai oil rig and not Korean.

cool to the guy who saved the poor thing, well played for the dog to keep swimming too :thumbsup

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Have you guys watched film "A dog's purpose"? Highly recommend you!

Loved that movie! Heartwarming 🤗💖

After my 17 year old dog died I randomly came accross that movie and it kind of helped me heal :thumbsup