While the LVFD cleared a roadway and constructed a makeshift bridge out of wooden cribbing, plywood and signs to allow personnel to cross the river, the Durham Animal Response Team arrived on the sc...
“Once on the sled all personnel would work together to pull them over the make shift bridge and up onto flat ground approx. 30 yards from the swamp.” In photos shared by the LVFD, one of the horses co...
In total, the rescue mission took five hours to complete, according to the LVFD. Following their extrication, a vet assessed both horses on the scene. “Both were in mild distress and one had been stuc...
” Further photos showed the horses wearing turnout rugs as they were tended to after the operation. No responders were injured in the rescue mission, according to the LVFD. Related ArticlesFollow Us...