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Dramatic moment eight people worked together to rescue Diego the horse: Daily Mail

10 Wednesday Sep 2014

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[Daily Mail] This is the dramatic moment eight people worked together to rescue a horse that was stuck in a pond.

The animal, named Diego, wandered down to the brown, murky water in the village of Shipley in West Sussex to have a drink.

But after cooling down, it found it was unable to climb up the pond’s steep grass bank.

The horse's owner is pictured with the animal after it was dragged on to a small ledge beside the bank. Image Daily Mail / SWNS.com

The horse’s owner is pictured with the animal after it was dragged on to a small ledge beside the bank. Image Daily Mail / SWNS.com

Its owner called the RSPCA after spotting the brown horse ‘stumbling and tripping’ as it desperately tried to escape from the water.

Two RSPCA officers then worked with six firefighters to rescue the animal last Wednesday afternoon.

The horse was rescued from a pond in the village of Shipley (pictured) in West Sussex, just off the A272

The horse was rescued from a pond in the village of Shipley (pictured) in West Sussex, just off the A272

‘We are extremely grateful to the fire service for their help. There is no way we could have helped the horse without them.

Read the full story here at the Daily Mail Online….


Daily Mail
10th Sept, 2014


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Horse rescued from River Douglas in Wigan: BBC News

14 Saturday Jul 2012

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[BBC News] Firefighters who rescued a horse from a flooded Greater Manchester river have said the animal was “safe and well”.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the rescue was "difficult" .  BBC News

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the rescue was “difficult”. BBC News

Crews were called to Martland Park, Wigan, on Tuesday morning after receiving reports of a horse being unable to get out of the River Douglas.

Water rescue teams worked for three hours with ropes and an inflated fire hose to rescue 16-year-old mare Molly. Station manager Ben Levy said the rescue was “difficult” due to “the heavy rain we’ve had recently”.

Molly was helped out of the river by firefighters

Molly was helped out of the river by firefighters

He said members of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) had initially attempted to rescue the horse, but had been unsuccessful, so had called Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service for help.

Two specialist water rescue crews attended the incident and used the hose “to create a barrier to guide Molly to a safe area before getting strops round her,” he said.

He added the mare had been moved down the river to a “suitable spot” before being walked out of the water. “It took three hours in total to rescue Molly from the river [which] was quite deep because it was flooded due to the heavy rain we’ve had recently,” he said.

“The rescue was difficult not only due to flooded river, but also because of the very steep and muddy banks, but she came out and is safe and well thanks to the efforts of our crews and the RSPCA.”

Read the original story at BBC News…..


BBC News
11th July 2012


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