INCIDENT 44/2025. MAY 22nd WED. 19:00hrs HULL POT, Nr HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

A member of the public alerted North Yorkshire Police to a lamb that had fallen to the bottom of Hull Pot, on the side of Pen-y-Ghent, who then requested the team’s assistance to rescue it. As the lamb was in no immediate danger it was decided to wait until the evening when team members were meeting anyway. A small team headed up to Hull Pot early evening and one team…

INCIDENT 17/2025 MAR. 9th SUN. 11:45 MEALBANK QUARRY, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ANIMAL INCIDENT

A local farmer asked the team to rescue one of his sheep from the rock face at Mealbank Quarry.  Team members attended and set up a rope access system to lower two team members to the sheep’s location.  Unfortunately, while team members tried to reassure the sheep as they approached it, the sheep attempted to escape and fell down the crag.  The farmer checked the sheep and advised that it…

INCIDENT 77/2023 3rd SEP. SUN. 15.56 Nr HARRY HORSE STONE, NEWBY MOSS, NEWBY NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

A walker told the police that he had found a sheep stuck in a bog near Harry Horse Stone. He had tried to pull it out, but succeeded only in pulling himself in. A small team turned out, but could not find a bog containing a sheep. They did find a particularly muddy sheep, nearby, concluding that it had escaped. While in the area, a team member heard a faint…

INCIDENT 72/2023 AUG 28 MON. 18.47 FLUTED HOLE, NEWBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

A passing walker reported that a lamb was stranded in the bottom of Fluted Hole on the South side of Ingleborough. A small team set off in CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer), but came to a sudden halt in a grip (drain) cunningly concealed under vegetation. The following day, they returned, on foot, with a larger group of members and succeeded in recovering the vehicle. Then the lamb was rescued…