Posted on 12/29/2021 4:06:28 PM PST by Twotone
BARSTOW, Wash – When game officials and state troopers did not respond, families in northeast Washington spent hours on Christmas Eve rescuing elk that had fallen through the ice into the Kettle River.
Rylee Stuart first heard about it from her husband the morning of Christmas Eve. He and his brother had gone hunting for coyotes when they saw something they’d never seen before.
“He was like, ‘there’s elk in the river,'” Stuart said.
About 40 elk from the Selkirk herd made it across the river safely. But, 12 fell through thin ice and were struggling to get out.
Stuart’s husband initially planned to go onto the ice, but instead opted for kayaks and rallied other friends to help.
“When we got up there, there was a group of people,” Stuart said. “They had one [elk] on the way to the shore and they one to the shore already. There were still 10 left.”
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This was nice. I would have done it too.
Touching story; brought tears to my eyes.
Something good to think about for a change.
Got to save food for the democrats’ wolf packs.
These are the kinds of people who inhabit the rural parts of the USA away from the coastal cesspools - kind, decent people who care about Mother Nature and her children because they realize that they ARE her children too.
Thanks.
There are good people in this world.
God bless them for their kindness.
Chances are they are not Kamala voters.
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