Eight-year-old Labrador Penny was stranded on a narrow ledge in Ingleton, rescue services say.

Volunteers from Cave Rescue Organisation helped to reunite Penny with her owners

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A dog stranded on a narrow ledge at the bottom of a 40ft (12m) cliff next to a waterfall has been safely retrieved thanks to the efforts of a volunteer-run rescue team

Yorkshire Dales charity Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue responded to the incident at the well-known Pecca Falls, in Ingleton, after 15:15 BST on Saturday

Eight-year-old Labrador Penny had fallen into the river before becoming stuck after climbing up to a rocky outcrop 6.5ft (2m) above the water

Using a rope system, a volunteer was lowered to the ledge to reach the dog before she was "hauled back up the gorge where she was reunited with her owners"

The fire service's Ripon swiftwater rescue team provided support downstream from where Penny was stranded

The incident happened yesterday at Pecca Falls, in Ingleton

CRO is based in Clapham and provides services across the Yorkshire Dales National Park, extending into Lancashire and Cumbria