It was a mix of immediate thinking and borrowed mountaineering equipment .
Jessie Lee , believed to be anAustralian cattle dogmix , had gone missing for about two weeks from her home in the Colorado Springs , Colo. , area . Thankfully , though , she was recover only two blocks from her rest home .
That was the safe news . The speculative news ? She was stick on a ledge 150 feet above Fountain Creek . Not ideal !
Photo: Courtesy of Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region
Thankfully , some creature law enforcement officers from theHumane Society of the Pikes Peak Regionarrived at the scene Dec. 1 . And with some adopt mountaineering supplies , they were able to take out Jessie Lee to safety .
" We did n’t know how long she was going to remain up there on her own , " Cody Costra , spokesman for the humane society , differentiate Daily Paws .
As described on the humane society’sFacebook page , Officers Elizabeth Barker and Evan Johnson arrived at the creek after a local business proprietor had seen what he thought was an fauna on the drop-off . Using opera glasses , the officer could see Jessie Lee .
A man go nearby offered up his rappelling rope and mountaineering harness , and it was Barker who tied the rope to a fence postal service and lowered herself to the dog . Once she was plane with the pup , an excited Jessie Lee bug out to crawl toward her as the earth beneath her shift . Barker was able to utilize a catchpole , supply by Johnson , to verify she would suffer Jessie Lee if the basis beneath her crumbled away .
Once Barker had the dog , the officers used more circle to make her a harness , and then Johnson pulled them both up to safety — a successful , quick - thought rescue .
" They earn how urgent the situation was , " Costra says .
Jessie Lee wasmicrochippedand was wearing anID ticket , so the humanist society easily tracked her possessor down . They were " very excited " to reunite with their beloved dog and had drop the previous two weeks searching for her , Costra says .
So if westillneed to persuade you to microchip your dog , let this be a example !
