Rescue volunteers retrieve dog from ledge beside Yorkshire waterfall
An eight-year-old Labrador was rescued after falling into a river and becoming stranded on a rocky ledge near Pecca Falls in North Yorkshire. The Cave Rescue Organisation used a rope system to reach and lift the dog, while North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue provided downstream support before the animal was reunited with its owners.
An eight-year-old Labrador has been rescued from a narrow ledge beside a waterfall in North Yorkshire after falling into a river. The Cave Rescue Organisation and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue responded to Pecca Falls in Ingleton after 15:15 BST on Saturday. The dog, named Penny, had climbed onto a rocky outcrop about 2m above the water after the fall.
A Cave Rescue Organisation volunteer was lowered to the ledge using a rope system. Penny was then hauled back up the gorge and reunited with her owners, according to the organisation. The fire service’s Ripon swiftwater rescue team supported the operation from downstream.
The source material does not report injuries to Penny or to any of the rescuers. The Cave Rescue Organisation is a volunteer-run charity based in Clapham. It operates across the Yorkshire Dales National Park and extends its work into Lancashire and Cumbria.
The organisation was formed in 1935 and has more than 80 volunteers who attend mountain and cave rescues and assist in other public-service incidents. Pecca Falls comprises five falls with a combined drop of more than 30m. The charity said Penny was not the first dog it had rescued there: in March, its volunteers used a similar rope-and-pulley system to retrieve another dog that had fallen 8m and become stranded on a ledge.
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