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Puppy rescued

Published 12:17 am Tuesday, August 11, 2015

CORRECTS BREED TO MASTIFF, NOT BULL MASTIFF - In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, Rev. Patrick Beretta holds Ysolt, his mastiff puppy, after she was rescued from a 30-foot-long drain pipe in Butte, Mont. (Kathleen J. Bryan/The Montana Standard via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
CORRECTS BREED TO MASTIFF, NOT BULL MASTIFF - In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, Rev. Patrick Beretta holds Ysolt, his mastiff puppy, after she was rescued from a 30-foot-long drain pipe in Butte, Mont. (Kathleen J. Bryan/The Montana Standard via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A Montana priest has his puppy back after law enforcement officers and an animal control officer pulled the shaking animal from the inside of a 30-foot drain pipe that runs under part of the church.

The small black-and-brown animal couldn’t be found after Sunday Mass in Butte. The Rev. Patrick Beretta said he initially suspected puppy-nappers had taken the 8-week-old mastiff.

Officers Patrick Fleming and Callie Daly looked for a potential dog thief but suspected the animal hadn’t gone far.

They returned to the church and shined a flashlight into the pipe, spotting the puppy.

An animal control officer used a catch pole to nudge the dog within Fleming’s reach so the officer could pull her to safety.

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