Horse rescue
Whether it’s being dug out of sink hole, cut out of the living area of a horsebox or lifted out of a swimming pool, from time to time the emergency services are called into action to help with horse rescues from some of the most unexpected places…
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‘No more playing hide and seek!’ Wall has to be dismantled brick by brick to free wedged yearling
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‘This isn’t right’: horse’s leg disappears seven feet down in badgers’ ‘underground city’ beneath field
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A ‘lucky escape’ for horses trapped in trailer stuck under fallen tree
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Starving foal who called to his dead friend as he was rescued becomes media star
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Rescuers work together to help horses up to their bellies in flooded fields
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‘Timely reminder’ to check fields as escaped horse gets stuck in freezing canal
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All right, Treacle – mare abandoned during difficult birth gets the ‘second chance she deserves’
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Escaped horse found stuck in cattle grid after dragging it along the road
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‘Nothing short of miraculous’ transformation of filly found near death, shod and tied to bike wrapped in barbed wire
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Fire crews sent to save 17hh veteran horse stuck in mud four feet deep
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Gemma Owen takes in tiny pony: from severe neglect to social media stardom
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‘In the best of hands’: round-the-clock care for tiny filly found next to her mother’s body
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A busy day for Max as he is ‘rescued’ from a series of dangerous situations
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‘A great save’: horse found suspended after fall through stable floor
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Barrel skid and roll, and ‘a touch of people power’, needed to rescue stuck horse
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‘Slowly starving in agony’: rescued horses and ponies need your help
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‘Discarded’ and in danger: four stallions found running loose by main road
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Tiny ‘critically neglected’ pony is seeking special new home after loving rehab – could you help?
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Public warned as pony found stuck in cattle grid after walkers left gate open