Narcoleptic mare rescued from 'muddy ordeal'
27-year-old Molly fell asleep and tumbled into a deep muddy ditch
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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Helpless injured donkey rescued from busy highway
The donkey was standing in the carriageway being passed by traffic with a bleeding cut to his shoulder
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'Exhausted' colts saved from sewage-filled bog
Firefighters in Essex worked in waist-deep sewage to rescue Jammy and Dodger from the ditch
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'Her spirit was broken': young mare found trapped under trailer
“The environment resembled a waste ground, littered with rubbish, gas canisters and even upturned cars”
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Donkey foal found savaged by wild animal
The filly was found with more than a dozen bite wounds
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'She was in quite a pickle': bridge rescue for stuck horse
The mare was straddling the narrow bridge, with all four legs dangling on either side
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Exhausted horse saved from drowning in dramatic beach rescue
Emergency services had to work quickly to free the trapped horse as the tide was rising at a rate of about a foot every five minutes
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Exhausted pony in 'real danger' rescued from river
The piebald mare was trapped after finding herself unable to climb back up the eight-foot river banks
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Firefighters called after pony falls into canal
The coloured mare and her rider fell into the water after slipping on a towpath
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Pony found with headcollar embedded 'down to nasal bone' *warning: graphic images*
Sections of the headcollar were cut away as soon as the pony was caught. The deep wound is expected to take months to heal
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Four-hour operation to free gelding from narrow ditch
Massey University Veterinary Emergency Response Team77) were joined by firefighters and the Palmerston North Urban Search and Rescue Team
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Lucky escape for horse wrapped in metal stuck in hole
The officer in charge of the rescue described it as “one of the most difficult" he has ever experienced
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Pony shot 130 times with a paint gun undergoes surgery
The 20-year-old mare has had one eye removed following her recent rescue
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Gelding has lucky escape from muddy ditch
It took an hour and a half to pull "Boomer" from the ditch
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Firefighters cut horse out of lorry in dramatic rescue
Firefighters safely rescued a dressage horse who had become "completely stuck" after trying to jump a horsebox partition
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Is your horsebox floor safe? Horse survives life-threatening accident *warning: graphic images*
Pictures of a horse with its leg trapped after the floor gave way have gone viral on social media. Owners are being urged to check their horsebox floors.
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Horses stuck in canal and swimming pool helped to safety
Specialist animal units were called in to help rescue the horses
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Helicopters save horses in dramatic river rescues
The horses were pulled out of icy cold rivers in Switzerland and Alaska
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Veteran horse pulled to safety in dramatic rescue
Twenty-nine-year-old bay gelding Khaheer was stuck for over an hour in mud in his field
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'Quick thinking' rescuer reunited with ponies she saved
The two ponies have now been rehomed as companions
