Llama rescued from atop Pikes Peak

[SteveMSim 275]

Since the llama is a symbol of SimCity, this story would be appropriate for the Simtropolis forums.

From the Associated Press through the Denver Post ( www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13475114): A lone llama wandering around the summit of Pike's Peak for at least a month was rescued by officials and was heading to a new home. 

Tracy Ducharme and Mike Shealy, both of Black Forest, Colo., trekked up the 14,110-foot (4301 meter) mountain Friday to find the little white beast of burden.  They brought along two llamas, hoping that the lost one, dubbed "Homer", would be lured to them by his herd instincts.  The strategy worked after Homer sighted one of the llamas, Dancer, and walked toward her, which then one of the rescuers lassooed Homer.

"I dubbed him 'Homer' because of his little odyssey," Tracy Ducharme said, referring to the classic Greek epic "Odyssey" by the poet Homer.

Ducharme said the llama might lose its ears to frostbite, but is otherwise fine.  She said that she doesn't expect any trouble finding him a new home.

The Southwest Llama Rescue group coordinated efforts to capture Homer before he fell prey to mountain lions, coyotes or the coming winter. The group says llamas are domesticated animals and don't have the instincts to survive in the wild.

Rescuers speculate that the llama might have escaped from a stock trailer on the plains below or from hikers who were using it as a pack animal. But no one has reporting a missing llama.

Riders on a cog railway on the mountain first reported seeing the llama about a month ago. It roamed the mountain's south slope, living off alpine vegetation and trying to unsuccessfully to make friends with a herd of bighorn sheep.

After reading this, I think I'll play NHP's Colorado Springs region and populate Pike's Peak with llamas.

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

That's a bit odd. Just where the hell did this thing come from? I mean, I can't see hikers using it, and if it got out of a trailer I doubt that it would have wandered into the mountains.

[Sim shady 12]

lol I love llamas. Pretty cute that he tried to befriend the longhorn sheep.