A scared puppy thought to have been spooked by fireworks has been rescued from the middle of a busy road by a Scottish football team.
The Turriff United FC players initially believed Pomeranian cross pug Foxy was a cat whey they spotted her dodging traffic on the busy A96 road in Moray.
The squad stopped the bus and managed to coax the four-month-old pup to safety. Foxy has now been reunited with her owners after an appeal on social media at the weekend. It is thought she may have run away after being spooked by fireworks.
Coach Graeme Taylor told the BBC they had a game at Nairn County on Saturday afternoon and were heading from Elgin towards Lhanbryde on the A96.
He said: "It was a pretty perilous situation, it was a busy time. Just instinctively we stopped the bus and stopped the traffic and went chasing after this little puppy.
"We went up either side of the road. Fair play to the people on the road, slowing down, sensing there was something going on.
"We managed to coax her from under a car onto the bus to safety - there's no doubt she'd have been killed if we'd left her. It was a bit of a heart in the mouth moment, I thought she was going to get run over."
He added: "She was very frightened obviously. She was a lovely little girl and was licking us all over. I'm glad she's now reunited with her owner."
Owner Martha Stewart said she and her family wanted to thank the team who they regarded as "heroes".
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