Emergency services rescued a dog after it fell off the edge of a cliff in Newquay on Thursday night.

Newquay RNLI Lifeboats and Newquay Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to reports of a dog who had gone over the edge of the cliff at Towan Headland and the Gazzle area at about 8pm.

Newquay volunteers onboard the Enid Mary, the charity’s D class lifeboat, began to do a spotlight search of the coves around the Gazzle area in heavy rain and a westerly wind force of 2-3 where the dog, named Lara was thought to have taken the tumble.

On reaching the Tea Caverns the crews search lights picked up Lara’s eyes reflecting.

Once the had got closer, they could see that Lara had managed to scramble out of the sea and on to the safety of a rock. 

The helm of the D class lifeboat secured the bow of the boat onto the rock while another crew member was able to jump up to reach Lara and get her safely onboard the lifeboat. 

The dog was taken back to Newquay Harbour where the lifeboat crew were happy to make a fuss of Lara before she was reunited with her grateful owners safe and well. 

Lara safe and well at the lifeboat house (Mark Morris)

Zoey Cotton, Duty Launch Authority said: ’Lara’s owners did the right thing by calling the Coastguard.

"The RNLI recommends you keep your dog on a lead dog along cliff tops, no matter how well behaved they normally are. If you see someone in difficulty do not attempt to rescue them yourselves, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard’. 

A spokesperson for Newquay Coastguard Rescue Team added: “Whilst out walking your dog along cliff tops please keep them on a lead no matter how well behaved they normally are.

“If you see someone in difficulty do not attempt to rescue them yourselves, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.”Newquay RNLI lifeboat volunteers were paged along with Newquay Coastguard Search and Rescue Team