A dog has been rescued after he was found impaled on a tree limb and dangling 15 feet in the air in a South Carolina marsh.

The dog had been dangling for approximately 24 hours before a concerned citizen heard the animal barking nonstop on Wadmalaw Island over the weekend,The Post and Courier reports .

The man went to investigate Monday, walking through an entire marsh, and found a male Staffordshire terrier mix suspended and impaled on the limb.

Rescued: A dog has been rescued after he was found impaled on a tree limb and dangling 15 feet in the air in a South Carolina marsh (photographed)

24 Hours: The dog (photographed) had been dangling for approximately 24 hours before a concerned citizen heard the animal barking nonstop on Wadmalaw Island over the weekend

Charleston Animal Society officials told ABC that the dog most likely chased an animal up the tree, slipped, and became impaled on the limb.

Animal control officers rescued the dog and carried him out of the marsh on a stretcher.

He was taken to a vet's office for treatment and given fluids, the Courier reports. He is in guarded condition.

According to the Society's Facebook page, the dog is on an IV drip and has a catheter in.

One Society official wrote: 'In all my years doing this work I have never seen anything like this.'

Chase: Charleston Animal Society officials said that the dog (photographed) most likely chased an animal up the tree, slipped, and became impaled on the limb

Injuries: A Society spokeswoman said that the branch did not go into the the wall of the dog's stomach, nor did it puncture the animal's intestines

A photograph of the scene shows the dog impaled by a smaller branch attached to a large one.

A Society spokeswoman told Live 5 News that the branch did not go into the the wall of the dog's stomach, nor did it puncture the animal's intestines.

He had a microchip and the vet is trying to contact his owners.

Guarded: He was taken to a vet's office for treatment and given fluids, he is in guarded condition

'This was a close call for this pet, and we are doing everything possible to save him,' Lucy Fuller, the Society's senior director of veterinary care, said.