Firefighters

Fire safety and equine rescue under the spotlight

The British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association will hold its first animal rescue conference later this year

Pony escapes overturned trailer and gallops down M40

An accident involving a trailer carrying two ponies brought the M40 to a standstill

Watch how firefighters rescue horses from perilous situations [VIDEO]

Find out how fire rescue services go about rescuing horses from dangerous situations — whether it's a steep-banked ditch or slurry pit

Escaped pony rescued from swimming pool

Firefighters worked for almost three hours to rescue a retired polo pony from a swimming pool on Tuesday (2 June)

Two Arab colts killed in farm fire: police treating as suspicious

Firefighters were unable to save the two-year-old colts or three ducks who also perished in the fire

Horse rescued from slurry pit [PICTURES]

Firefighters worked for two hours to free the horse from the pit

Five horses killed in livery yard fire

15 other horses at the yard in Houghton-le-Spring were led to safety

32 horses killed in stable fire

Fire services from 27 areas were called to the blaze, the cause of which is being investigated

Horse rescued from collapsed bank [PICS]

A horse who tumbled 2.4m and became trapped has been rescued by firefighters

Horse rescued from drowning in pond

A young horse was rescued by firefighters after escaping from his field

Horse saved from water-filled ditch

Horse stuck in flooded ditch on Somerset levels is lifted to safety by firemen

Show director's house burns down [PICS]

Arena UK's show director's house catches fire while she is on holiday in Greece

Horse rescued after spending nearly 30hr trapped underground [PICS/VIDEO]

Firefighters in Yorkshire have rescued a horse that fell down a hole — updated with pictures and video

Support needed for fire service animal rescue units

The fire service's animal rescue units are facing the prospect of funding cuts

3 fire crews rescue dressage horse from bog

The fire service is warning riders not to stray from bridleways after a horse became trapped in a bog

8 thoroughbreds die in Kentucky blaze

A trainer manages to save 2 of his horses from a devastating fire, but 8 die

Loose horse dies after being impaled on fence

A mare that panicked when tied up to her horsebox has died after running loose into a metal fence

Pony straddled over horsebox partition

Firemen have rescued a pony from a horsebox in a 2hr ordeal after he became stuck trying to jump the partition

14 horses saved from stable fire

It was business as usual at a Surrey riding centre just hours after a blaze engulfed a barn on site

Family horses die in arson attack

A 10-year-old girl's Shetland pony is one of two horses killed in a stable fire near Manchester