Cowboy State Daily | Rescuers Risk Lives To Save Elk That Got Tangled In Rope On Colorado Cliffside

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Cowboy State Daily | Rescuers Risk Lives To Save Elk That Got Tangled In Rope On Colorado Cliffside

A young bull elk got its antlers tangled in a rope on a near-vertical hillside in Colorado last week, prompting a dangerous rescue attempt. Wildlife agents and a group of climbers risked their lives to save the animal.

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Ice Climbers Help Colorado SAR Rescue Elk Tangled in Ropes

This elk will live to climb another day. Colorado wildlife officials reported an unusual rescue of an elk tangled in climbing ropes near a popular ice wall in Lake City. The report first came in from some ice climbers on January 3, who saw the large bull struggling with ropes wound through its antlers. A team from Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) arrived on scene with capture equipment and tranquilized the animal with a dart. The rescuers cut th…

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LAKE CITY, Colo. — Wildlife officials and several climbers rescued a male Canadian deer by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Service officials said a group of ice climbers in Lake City found the distressed Canadian deer Friday morning, and a CPW biologist injected the ungulate with a tranquilizer and covered part of its head wi…