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(Syracuse-AP) -- Animal control officers spent almost an hour trying to pull a pup from a storm drain pipe in Syracuse this week.
Kids walking down a sidewalk spotted the golden retriever in the storm drain, and rushed home to tell their parents who called police.
Three Davis County Animal Care and Control officers responded and tried to get to the dog, but he got spooked and crawled into the drain's pipe.
It took the officers about 45 minutes to rescue the lucky pup, and when they did, they were all covered in mud. The dog had no collar or tags and police think the dog's owner abandoned it.
The dog is doing fine and is staying at an animal shelter in Fruit Heights.
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