Two yearling mountain lions, siblings, were rescued from a spillway in Colorado just before water was released. Initially spotted by a dam tender, Wildlife Officer Ty Smith responded to the rescue. Due to the difficulty in retrieving the lions over the tall spillway walls, Smith used a PVC pipe and rope to hoist one lion up, while the other was caught with a catch pole. Both lions were safely reunited and released into the woods.
Two young mountain lions trapped by a tall spillway at Vallecito Reservoir in Colorado were rescued by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officers. After one mountain lion was lifted out using a rope, the other ran down the spillway to the Los Pinos River. Despite refusing to swim, CPW officer Ty Smith climbed down the spillway with a rope and freed the lion, which hid under a truck before following its sibling into the woods.
