CHANDLER, Ariz. -- A dog wouldn't come out after chasing a cat into a tunnel dug by a giant tortoise in the backyard of a home, so homeowner Toby Passmore called for help. Firefighters responded with people, shovels and a city backhoe. They began unearthing the 6-foot-deep tunnel dug by Passmore's tortoise. Passmore squirmed head-first into the hole and saw his Scottish Schnauzer "was willfully inside the hole" where it had cornered the cat. Passmore pulled the dog out, dirty but unharmed.
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