A stray dog had to be rescued after falling down a 16ft-deep abandoned well and being trapped for a night.<br /><br />A farmer heard the dog crying while working at the fields in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand, and followed the sounds.<br /><br />The shocked farmer found a dog soaked on the shallow water of the deep well where they used to take water for irrigation.<br /><br />He called the rescuers to help him evacuate the dog and arrived with long ropes at the scene on Tuesday, September 15.<br /><br />Volunteer rescuers tied a noose at the end of the rope and hooked the whimpering dog with it before pulling it up.<br /><br />The frightened dog scampered away upon reaching the ground but the kind rescuers left some food and water for him in the area in case it was hungry.<br /><br />One of the rescuers said: "It left immediately because it was scared. It did not even play with us, but we are glad that it was now saved."<br /><br />Meanwhile, the farmer said he will create a shelter for the dog around his farm and adopt it if it comes back.
