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A dog has survived after fall 150 feet off a cliff.

English setter Hugo sparked a rescue operation involving a vet, coastguards and a lifeboat.

Hugo only suffered a cut tongue after falling down the drop to the beach below reports The Sun.

Vet Karen Kempston - who abseiled down the cliff to get Hugo - said: "He must be the luckiest dog alive."

Karen was alerted by Hugo's owners Trevor and Jenny Hordan after falling over the edge at Gristhorpe, North Yorkshire, while chasing a seagull.

She was joined by local coastguard who helped sedate him until a lifeboat arrived.

Jenny, 66, from Seamar near Scarborough said: "I've no idea how he survived. But he is back to his normal self."