Yearling Mountain Lions Rescued from Vallecito Reservoir Spillway

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.

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