INCIDENT 64/2023 AUG. 4th FRI. 16.36 PEN Y GHENT, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

A would-be Three Peaks walker called for help when her Dobermann dog – normally good for hill-walking – went lame in one leg. Having walked over Whernside and Ingleborough, he would go no further on the West side of Pen y ghent. The owner struggled to carry him and had to abandon the attempt, despite the assistance of other walkers. Two team members drove to the casualty site in CRO…

INCIDENT 80/2022  SEP. 29th THU. 12.34 SMALL SURFACE RIFT NEAR GAPING GILL, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

A golden retriever was reported to have fallen down a 20′ pot-hole by the path between Bar Pot and Gaping Gill. Two members drove up in the Honda Pioneer, scrambled down the 3m rift and recovered the dog, unharmed. Other members who had been driving up to Trow Gill in a team Land Rover were stood down. Volunteer hours: 21

INCIDENT 15/2022 – MARCH 13th Sun 11.03 Pecca Falls, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, North Yorkshire – Animal Incident

A German Pointer  called Frankie fell into the river, between the ‘Pecca Twin Falls’ on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and was stranded on an inaccessible ledge (just below the one on which Meatball was stranded on Boxing Day). His owners called for help and members of CRO’s swift-water rescue team scrambled down, swam to retrieve the dog and brought him safely up to the path. Footnote:- As we suggested back…

INCIDENT 89/2021 – DECEMBER 26th SUN. 13.26  NR. PECCA BRIDGE, INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL – ANIMAL INCIDENT

While taking his human for a Boxing Day walk on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Meatball, an Irish Wheaten Terrier, fell about 10m into the river just upstream of Pecca Bridge. Although uninjured, he could not regain the path, so scrabbled out onto a slippery, sloping ledge in a distressed state. His owner called North Yorkshire Police for assistance and they, in turn, called CRO. Once the location was confirmed, two members…