Puppy rescued from ditch five days after she vanished - thanks to a heat-seeking drone from black cock gurup Watch Video

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A puppy was rescued from a bramble covered ditch five days after she vanished - thanks to a heat-seeking drone.<br/><br/>Six-month-old cocker spaniel Bow got lost during a walk with her owner Jodie Dance.<br/><br/>Jodie hunted for her beloved pooch for hours on February 19 but was forced to abandon the search when it got dark.<br/><br/>The next day she put an appeal on Facebook for people to look out for Bow near where she went missing in Burton Dassett Country Park, Warks.<br/><br/>Five days later a jogger overheard barking coming from a bramble-filled railway embankment about a mile away from the park and raised the alarm.<br/><br/>Drone operator John Watton, 50, was called in and used thermal imaging cameras to spot Bow trapped inside the thicket.<br/><br/>John, from Drone SAR (search and rescue) For Lost Dogs UK, said: “The thermal drone is really good for areas that are really hard to search in.<br/><br/>“A jogger heard barking but couldn’t see the dog so we were called in and I took the drone over to his location.<br/><br/>“Within a few minutes I picked up a heat signature. <br/><br/>“It was literally about 6ft in brambles so all I got was a heat signature of a sort of spaniel, fox-type size. <br/><br/>“One I picked that up the team went into this area, secured any exits and then they went in and grabbed Bow.”<br/><br/>Footage from Sunday's rescue shows Jodie and her friends hacking down the thick brambles with hedge trimmers before hauling Bow to safety.<br/><br/>John added: “It’s probably about a mile from where she went missing from.<br/><br/>“Just the reaction from the owner was unbelievable. She was completely in tears. <br/><br/>“To be honest I was nearly blubbering.”<br/><br/>Relieved owner Jodie, 37, from Banbury, Oxon., had taken Bow and her sister Bella for a walk in the countryside when they both ran away.<br/><br/>She said: \