A small dog was rescued from support beams on the Market-Frankford Line tracks in West Philadelphia on Sunday evening after the animal got stuck several stories above ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Animal Protection Officers responded to an area near the 63rd Street Station in Cobbs Creek following a call from SEPTA police. Officials said witnesses saw the dog, a black female Shih Tzu mix, running along the tracks before she meandered onto the support pillar and couldn’t get off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0Dog discovers 10,000-year-old walrus fossil at Jersey Shore<\/a><\/p>\n SEPTA said maintenance crews brought an elevation platform machine called a cherry picker to hoist an Animal Care and Control Team Philly\u00a0member to the beam. Once he got close enough, he was able to slip a leash on the dog and carry her to safety. She was then sent to\u00a0ACCT, the city’s animal shelter.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We are not entirely sure how she got up there, but we’re glad someone saw her,” said\u00a0Mikayla Allen, a communications coordinator for ACCT Philly.\u00a0<\/p>\n The dog, which rescuers named Dottie, is currently on a “stray hold” with ACCT, meaning that an owner has 48 hours to come forward to claim her. After that, she will be placed with one of the shelter’s rescue partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n The incident caused minor delays<\/a>\u00a0and boarding issues for travelers around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, according to SEPTA. However, normal operations<\/a> resumed around 5 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n