 As I think is in our syllabus, it's a forever war. In northwest D.C., Scott Gelman, WTOP News. One very lucky dog is recovering at a shelter after being rescued from a cave in western Virginia. A group of cavers found this pup 40 to 50 feet underground during an excursion at the giant caverns in Giles County. That is west of Blacksburg along the West Virginia border.