ST. LOUIS — Stray Rescue of St. Louis has credited city firefighters for rescuing a pregnant dog that was stuck in a dilapidated building for nearly a week.
 
The nonprofit group seeks out and rescues feral dogs in devastated urban neighborhoods and transforms them into adoptable pets. But it couldn't catch this one.
 
A light-colored, pregnant female mix had been trapped on the second floor of an abandoned, crumbling building in St. Louis for almost a week. Director Randy Grim said that on Friday, he flagged down Fire Engine Company No. 9 for help.
 
A video of the rescue shows the dog almost jumped from the second-floor window before firefighters coaxed her down. Grim said the dog would have died if the fire department hadn't rescued her.
 
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