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WA dog survives 150-foot cliff fall, is rescued

The Columbian
Published: July 11, 2011, 12:00am

HOODSPORT, Wash. (AP) — A Bernese Mountain dog that raced off after a mountain goat in Washington’s Olympic Mountains and fell 150 feet down a cliff survived for nearly three days until a volunteer mountain rescue team managed to find her.

Gwen Hall of Olympia tells KIRO-TV her 5-year-old dog Sasha suffered only an injured paw and a broken tooth.

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