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Published:
February 18, 2008
Cliff
rescuers launch mission to reach goat 'trapped' on Brean cliffs
Wildlife
rescuers launched a mission to rescue a goat which was believed
to be injured and trapped on steep cliffs at Brean Down, near
Burnham, on Sunday (February 17th).
 East
Huntspill based Secret World were alerted to a goat reported to
have been stranded on a ledge at Brean Down for two days.
Amid
concern that it might also be injured a volunteer cliff rescue
team from Bristol was called in to help.
A
crowd of onlookers gathered on the beach below as the drama unfolded,
as pictured here.
"As
the cliff climbers abseiled down, the goat which was apparently
not injured after all defied gravity by descending the near-vertical
cliff face ahead of them," said Secret World's Graeme Thompson.
The
Secret World response volunteers watched and waited until, with
one final
leap, the goat landed safely at the bottom of the cliffs.
"She scampered off over the rocks at the base of the cliff
to find a more gradual
ascent to rejoin the flock on the cliff top," he added.
"The
skill and professionalism of the cliff rescue team in carrying
out the exercise was extremely impressive and, for them, worthwhile
practice in their art. To those watching it was gratifyingly reassuring
to be reminded that such dedicated and expert people are on hand
should humans find themselves in a perilous situation of this
kind."
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