Lifeguards save dog after 60-foot cliff fall at Perranporth

Dog rescue Perranporth RNLI
Lifeguards Rory Tellam and Tom Cutmore launched the inshore rescue boat and found Ronnie. Credit: RNLI

RNLI lifeguards saved a dog which had fallen 60 feet from cliffs at Perranporth.  

Ronnie was being walked by his owner along the top of the cliffs when he chased a rabbit running towards the edge.

When his owner couldn't find Ronnie he raised the alarm with the lifeguards.

Perranporth Beach Credit: PA

Lifeguards Rory Tellam and Tom Cutmore launched the inshore rescue boat and found Ronnie perched on a ledge at the bottom of the cliff.

Ronnie had survived unharmed, but was trapped by the incoming tide.

Rory said Ronnie "was very badly shaken" and was "a bit scared when he saw me approach, but I eventually gained his trust enough to be able to put him in the IRB".

"We brought him round to the beach where we reunited him with his owner.

"He was very lucky, it’s about a 60-foot drop down onto the beach from the top of the cliffs, we think he must have fallen into the water and scrambled back up onto the rocks, but with the tide coming in, he was in a very precarious place."