Posted on 12/08/2017 8:02:24 AM PST by Red Badger
Kinda makes me wonder about the “break-out” fires.
No insurance issues. Azeri is not there. These were horses currently racing or being trained to race. A real tragedy. Many of them will never be able to race even if they survived. probably a lot of injuries due to them running around in a panic. Plus the damage to their lungs from the smoke. Horses are fairly delicate creatures. Thoroughbreds are really high strung and easy to injure.
There has to be a change to the rules the firemen place on situations like this. Those horses & others near Sylmar didn’t have to die such a painful death.
In Sylmar, a neighbor tried to go & release horses from corrals, and firemen would NOT let her in. 29 horses died there & one was badly burned. 3 family generations of a breeding program. That kind of loss can NOT be replaced.
Burns on quadrapeds are particularly nasty. Burns compromise their blood flow to their legs.
might affect some bug habitat as well...
I have profound sadness for all the animals involved.
This is why evacuation plans are important no matter where one lives. Years ago there was a derailment three miles from my barn and I had a dozen horses. There was a chemical spill and the prevailing winds was moving the toxic cloud towards my barn. I was able to move my horses by foot away within half an hour of the warning. If there had been a fire we could have ridden them away in time.
This fire was being driven by 50 mph winds........................
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