Jagermeister
12-23-2010, 09:29 PM
Hats off the the three persons that rescued the bull elk that broke throught the ice on the Similkameen River a few days back.
The video that showed this rescue was shown on Global BC tv news at 6 this evening. I would post the link to the video, but have been unable to locate it on their web page.
Apparently, there were a herd of elk just east of Princton that were crossing the river when the bull broke through the ice and became trapped. Three people, one with the surname of Vemette and 2 other men managed to get a rope onto the antlers and were trying to extract the exhausted elk by pulling him out. Their attempts appeared to be futile until the elk regained some strength to renew his efforts. His efforts along with the rope tugging by his rescuers were rewarded when he regained firm footing and took off across the river with the rope still attached to his antlers. He stumbled and fell again on the far side of the river, but as the video showed, he once again got to his feet and made off hastily in the direction of the rest of the herd, sans the rope on his rack.
Again, hats of to the rescuers, job well done.
The video that showed this rescue was shown on Global BC tv news at 6 this evening. I would post the link to the video, but have been unable to locate it on their web page.
Apparently, there were a herd of elk just east of Princton that were crossing the river when the bull broke through the ice and became trapped. Three people, one with the surname of Vemette and 2 other men managed to get a rope onto the antlers and were trying to extract the exhausted elk by pulling him out. Their attempts appeared to be futile until the elk regained some strength to renew his efforts. His efforts along with the rope tugging by his rescuers were rewarded when he regained firm footing and took off across the river with the rope still attached to his antlers. He stumbled and fell again on the far side of the river, but as the video showed, he once again got to his feet and made off hastily in the direction of the rest of the herd, sans the rope on his rack.
Again, hats of to the rescuers, job well done.