Jessamine and Mercer county first responders save cliffside-stranded dog

Jessamine and Mercer county first responders save cliffside-stranded dog

Jessamine and Mercer County responded to a cliffside doggie on Thursday, April 17.  According to a post by the Jessamine County Emergency Management Agency, Jessamine County Fire was made aware of an animal in distress on the Mercer County Side of the Kentucky River palisades at Brooklyn. The dog was stranded on the cliff and scaled it for an unknown amount of time.  The dog was stranded on a cliff about 100 feet above the Kentucky River. Mercer…

Dog rescued from 100-foot cliff above Kentucky River

Dog rescued after being stranded on cliff above Kentucky River in Mercer County

MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — A dog is safe after being stranded on a cliff approximately 100 feet above the Kentucky River in Mercer County on Thursday. According to Jessamine County Emergency Management, responders from both Jessamine Animal Care and Control and Emergency Management were able to set up a rope system on a nearby farm that overlooked the cliff. The system allowed a rescuer to safely lower down to the stranded animal. Of…