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'We heard a whine – and saw her on a cliff ledge'

Georgina Barnes
BBC News, Devon
Beer Coastguard Rescue Team A brown dog stands on grass next to a smiling rescue worker in a high-visibility yellow jacket and blue helmet. A woman in a dark jacket and grey beanie holds the dog's lead, also smiling. A wooden fence and a few people are visible in the background. A yellow rescue bag is on the ground in the right hand corner.Beer Coastguard Rescue Team
Red labrador Narla had to be rescued by an abseiler

A dog who had been missing for three days was rescued from a cliff ledge after a "monumental" search effort.

Red labrador Narla, six, was found on Saturday after the search party heard a whine coming from cliffs at Ladram Bay Beach in Devon.

She was lifted from the tricky-to-reach spot by an abseiler from Beer Coastguard Rescue Team, with support from Exmouth Coastguard and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.

Narla was "a little tired, a little thinner but safe and reunited", said owner Greg Vooght on Facebook.

Beer Coastguard Rescue Team A man in a high vis jacket and blue helmet is seen from above making his way down a cliff. Above him is brambled bushes and below a rocky beach. Beer Coastguard Rescue Team
An abseiler from Beer Coastguard Rescue Team helps to save Narla

Mr Vooght added that it was a "huge relief for us all".

He said: "We have found Narla after a monumental effort from all my family and the Facebook community.

"After three days of non-stop searching we finally caught a low enough tide to get round the headland at Ladram Bay Beach.

"[Co-owner] Fay heard a whine and there she was sat on a ledge."

She was found sitting on a ledge just a few feet wide, he said.

Beer Coastguard Rescue Team said it was "good teamwork all round".

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