Badger noticed swimming in Dorset floodwater

A badger has been noticed making an attempt to cross a flooded street in Dorset.

It was captured on digicam by fireplace crews attending an incident on Slyers Lane within the Cokers Frome space of Dorchester.

They had been referred to as at 12:04 GMT following experiences that two autos had been caught in floodwater. While there, they noticed the animal swimming throughout the street.

The Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service is warning folks to solely journey if obligatory, and to not drive by flood water, which “sometimes can be deeper than you think”.

Happily, the badger made it safely to dry land on the opposite aspect.

Two folks had been rescued by the fireplace service.

There has been widespread flooding across Dorset, with street closures, and flood warnings in place.

In a separate incident in Dorset, a fireplace crew has documented the rescue of a pet.

The group from Ferndown fireplace station stated it had labored with Poole’s Tech Rescue to save lots of Pup Roxy, after she was noticed being washed down a flooded river in West Moors.

The footage present how Roxy was wrapped in a towel and put right into a provider, earlier than being paddled down the flooded river in an inflatable dinghy.

Once again on dry land, she was reunited together with her homeowners.