CDD personnel save stuck stray dog

AMMAN — Civil Defence Department (CDD) personnel rescued a medium-sized stray dog stuck in a gate in Sweileh on Friday, according to officials from the CDD media office.

One officer said when the CDD personnel arrived at the scene in the afternoon, they found the dog stuck in the gate of a house in the neighbourhood.

“Our staff found the dog that neighbours say usually lives by a building under construction. It had got lost earlier that day,” the official told The Jordan Times.

This is not the first time the department rescues an animal, according to the department’s media office; the staff is available around-the-clock to help.

Social media users commended the “humane” act performed by the CDD even for a stray dog.

“Civil Defence [Department] of Jordan rescues a dog stuck in bars!!! Good job guys,” users Mohammad Ali commented on Facebook on Saturday.

Abdel Rahman Al Zoubi, another Facebook user, said the CDD always acts with compassion, ensuring the safety of citizens.

Najah Khleif said: “We are blessed to have these guys as our civil [defence] department representatives; they [are] humane and [it is] a blessing to know [they] are working for the benefit of everyone and everything.”

In August last year, rescue teams in Irbid’s Bani Kinanah District were called by residents of Al Rafid village, some 95 kilometres north of Amman, to release a bird that was stuck up in the bulb of a power pole.

Teams from CDD and the electricity company worked at night to set the bird free.