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“The dog was not in good shape” when they found her.
Rick Haley, a teacher and amateur cave diver, had no idea he would end up performing a rescue operation, much less reuniting a missing dog, Abby, with her owner, when he set out to help survey a cave on August 6.
He was working on a routine project for the Cave Research Foundation that involved mapping a cave north of Perryville, Missouri, with a group of about 30 spelunkers.
The cave is a component of the Berome Moore cave system, which is around 22 miles long and the second-largest cave system in Missouri.
