VALLECITO, Colo. — Two young mountain lion cubs found themselves stuck in the spillway of a southwest Colorado reservoir, and a staffer from the dam spotted them right before he was about to ...

Colorado wildlife officials were called to Vallecito Reservoir by a staffer who was about to release water down the spillway where the two young cubs were stuck.

Wildlife officials were called in to rescue two young mountain lions stuck at Vallecito Reservoir right before water was released down the spillway.

The mountain lions were trapped in one of Vallecito Reservoir’s spillways minutes before a torrent of water rushed through.