Walkers reported that a lamb was stranded, several metres down the quarry face. As it was on a broad ledge with an ample supply of grass, it was agreed that a small team would visit in the early evening.
Animal Rescue
INCIDENT 38/2019 – May 23rd Thu. 17.24hrs – Ellerbeck, Chapel le Dale, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Animal Incident
A lamb was reported to be stranded, 3m down into a narrow fissure in surface rock, near Ellerbeck. Two team members attended and had little difficulty in rescuing the sheep, which the farmer took to a farm building to aid its recovery. Volunteer hours: 3
INCIDENT 34 (continued) – May 16th. Thu. 11.00hrs – Deepdale, Dent, Cumbria – Animal Incident
Three members returned to Deepdale and worked for a further six hours, but were still unsuccessful in reaching the missing dog. Additional volunteer hours: 18
INCIDENT 34/2019 – May 12th. Sun. 09.00hrs – Deepdale, Dent, Cumbria – Animal Incident
Two terrier dogs had disappeared into a narrow cave fissure and only one had come back out.The dog’s owner and others had already done much work in an attempt to locate the dog and requested the help of CRO. Several CRO team members spent a full day breaking boulders and removing rock from a very narrow cave passage in an attempt to get further in. By the end of the…