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A nerve-wracking scene unfolded as Colorado wildlife officials pulled all the stops to rescue two young mountain lions in the path of a deluge of trouble.
A worker at the Pine River Irrigation District Dam was about to release a large amount of water down a concrete spillway when he spotted the yearlings at the bottom of the steep wall.
According to posts on social media, he called the Colorado Parks and Wildlife to alert them about the animals’ presence, before releasing the water from Vallecito Reservoir near Durango.
The high walls of the spillway meant the mountain lions wouldn’t be able to get out on their own.
“A release of water likely would have drowned the two lions,” writes the CPW.
Officer Ty Smith responded and pondered possible solutions.
He grabbed a long rope and dangled it in front of the young mountain lions to see if they would grab onto it so he could lift them out.
Continued below.
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A worker at the Pine River Irrigation District Dam was about to release a large amount of water down a concrete spillway when he spotted the yearlings at the bottom of the steep wall.
According to posts on social media, he called the Colorado Parks and Wildlife to alert them about the animals’ presence, before releasing the water from Vallecito Reservoir near Durango.
The high walls of the spillway meant the mountain lions wouldn’t be able to get out on their own.
“A release of water likely would have drowned the two lions,” writes the CPW.
Officer Ty Smith responded and pondered possible solutions.
He grabbed a long rope and dangled it in front of the young mountain lions to see if they would grab onto it so he could lift them out.
Continued below.
Watch Rope-Dangling Rescue of Young Mountain Lions Before Dam Deluge ‘Likely Would Have Drowned Them’
A nerve-wracking scene unfolded as Colorado wildlife officials rescue two young mountain lions in the path of a dam’s deluge of trouble.
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