An important element of ranching is providing livestock with clean drinking water when a natural source is lacking. Water tanks for cattle are especially important during the hot summer months.

June 10 (UPI) -- Conservation officers in New Mexico conducted an unusual rescue when a bear opened the lid of a water tank and climbed in for a swim.

The new apparatus was named Ladder 5 and can carry 750 gallons of water as opposed to the city’s engines’ ability to carry 1,000 gallons. Although Ladder 5 is too tall to fit in the apparatus ...

There was little water in the tank — otherwise the bear would have drowned, Game and Fish says. Game and Fish advises that landowners secure water sources to avoid harming wildlife.

Photo courtesy of the RSPCA Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers in Britain said they lowered a ladder into a muddy water overflow tank to rescue a fox that became stranded at the bottom.