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Badger spotted swimming through floodwaters

Jo KentSouth of England
News imageDorset & Wiltshire Fire Service The image shows a flooded road, with two vehicles on the far left, an orange van driving through the water towards the camera, and a silver car facing in the opposite direction. The vehicles are stuck in the floodwater. In the foreground is a badger, swimming across the flooded road. Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service
The badger was attempting to cross Slyers Lane, in Dorchester, which has now been closed

A badger has been spotted trying to cross a flooded road in Dorset.

It was captured on camera by fire crews attending an incident on Slyers Lane in the Cokers Frome area of Dorchester.

They were called at 12:04 GMT following reports that two vehicles were stuck in floodwater. While there, they spotted the animal swimming across the road.

The Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service is warning people to only travel if necessary, and not to drive through flood water, which "sometimes can be deeper than you think".

Happily, the badger made it safely to dry land on the other side.

Two people were rescued by the fire service.

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

News imageDorset & Wiltshire Fire Service Roxy, a white and brown jack Russell type puppy, is being rescued. Her fur is wet after she was washed down a flooded river. Someone is leaning over her drying her with a brown towel. She is lying in a padded yellow carrier.Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service
Roxy the puppy was rescued after being washed down a flooded river

In a separate incident in Dorset, a fire crew has documented the rescue of a puppy.

The team from Ferndown fire station said it had worked with Poole's Tech Rescue to save Pup Roxy, after she was spotted being washed down a flooded river in West Moors.

The pictures show how Roxy was wrapped in a towel and put into a carrier, before being paddled down the flooded river in an inflatable dinghy.

Once back on dry land, she was reunited with her owners.

News imageDorset & Wiltshire Fire Service A close up image shows puppy Roxy in a yellow padded carrier. Her brown head is poking out of the front of the carrier. It is in the front of a red inflatable dinghy. You can just see a member of fire crew at the rear of the boat, dressed in red waterproofs. There are trees and branches in the foreground. Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service
She was placed into a padded carrier to be taken to safety
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