A PLUCKY policeman pulled a pet from peril after she plunged off a cliff.

Molly, a two-year-old Jack Russell, was out for a morning stroll at Ramsgate's Government Acre with her owner, Joan Pressley, 64, on Thursday when she slipped through some railings and dropped into a bush just below the cliff's edge.

Police sergeant Dave Carter went over the railings to pick up the lucky pup.

Joan, a retired legal secretary from Ramsgate, explained she had gone close to the cliff's edge to get a better view of animal export protestors at the port below when Molly slipped through the railings.

She said: "I went to look over the railing because I could hear noise from the protest below – I thought I could hear the animals in the trucks crying.

"Before I knew it, Molly was through and jumped down into a bush and could not get up."

Thinking Molly had fallen to the bottom of the cliff, Joan rushed down to the port.

She said: "I went there expecting to find Molly – I was frantic. I saw Molly was in a bush above.

"She was stuck so I went to the policeman and asked him to help. He called for the fire brigade but then decided to go over the railings and managed to grab Molly and pull her up, which was very brave of him. I was very grateful.

"I didn't expect the policeman to go over the railing. I probably would have tried to stop him if I had been with him at the top."

Joan is also thankful to the demonstrators who came to Molly's aid.

She said: "Two of the demonstrators pulled open one of their big banners to catch Molly in case she fell. They were very kind."

Molly was unfazed by her brush with death.

Joan added: "I don't think Molly really knew she was in danger. She is a typical Jack Russell, always trying to jump over things or though things, even burrowing. I won't be letting her off the leash next time."