# Sausage drone and the lost dog

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 22, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227 "2022-01-22T15:10:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227/1 "2022-01-22T15:10:04Z")

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This is amusing and cute.

> **[Stranded dog lured to safety by sausage dangling from a drone | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/world/dog-sausage-drone-rescue-scli-intl-gbr/index.html)**
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> Volunteers have rescued a runaway dog from dangerous mud flats -- by luring her to safety with freshly cooked sausages tied to a drone.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227/2 "2022-01-22T15:30:38Z")

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That’s great.

And really, I think that drones are the best thing ever for search and rescue. Sure, you can’t lift a person out, but you can find them, give them messages and communication and water/food before boots on the ground can.

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227/3 "2022-01-22T15:35:50Z")

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That sounds like a dog that REALLY didn’t like his new home.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227/4 "2022-01-22T19:06:20Z")

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I love stories like this, especially when creative technology is involved! 😀

The article cites a related story of how a German Shepherd rescue saved his owner’s life:

> **[He adopted a dog that no one else wanted. It ended up saving his life | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/07/us/rescue-dog-saves-life-trnd/index.html)**
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> Brian Myers thought he was rescuing Sadie, little did he know she would save his life.

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**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227/5 "2022-01-22T20:13:07Z")

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From the OP’s link:

> "… as a last resort, why don’t we try tying a sausage to a drone?  
> “This was day three, she’d been there on the mud flats for two days,” Dennis told CNN.  
> “One of the neighbors who lived by the beach came out and said she’d cook them for us. She was under a lot of pressure, she must have felt the world was on her shoulders,” Dennis added. “But these sausages were obviously very tasty.”

My guess would be that a dog short on food for a couple of days would not be real fussy about how carefully sausages were cooked.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227/6 "2022-01-22T22:38:39Z")

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Manna from heaven! Woof!

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**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227/7 "2022-01-22T22:42:53Z")

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The reunion between dog and rightful owner will make a heck of a meat cute one day.