<div><p>When Katinka Slingsby lost her pet chihuahua Cherry, she was devastated, but her small Welsh village of Mynydd James rallied behind her and went to some extreme lengths to help.</p><p>They launched a "Give a Dog a Drone" hunt and raised more than £1,200 (over $2,000) to fund a drone to search for her missing dog.</p><p>And find it they did.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Cherryandslingsby-daily-express.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Cherryandslingsby-daily-express_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Cherry and Owner" alt="Cherry and Owner" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Daily Express</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Cherry was found trapped in an old abandoned mining tunnel after the drone used thermal imaging to locate her.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>The drone was supplied by a local firm that offered the services free of charge once they heard of the campaign.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Rescue-daily-mail.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Rescue-daily-mail_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Rescue" alt="Rescue" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Daily Mail</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"It was amazing," said Slingsby. "I just want to say thank you because we couldn't have found Cherry without the community and I'm so touched by everyone's help."</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Cherrydog-dailyexpress.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Cherrydog-dailyexpress_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Cherry Cold" alt="Cherry Cold" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Daily Express</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>She says that her father and Cherry were out playing fetch, when Cherry just disappeared.</p><p>I bet next time they'll try not to throw so far.</p></div>