Rescuers gallop to trapped animal s aid

TimesDaily.Com ^ | April 3, 2002 | Bernie Delinski

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Rescuers gallop to trapped animal’s aid

By Bernie Delinski
Staff Writer
April 3, 2002

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LEXINGTON - Wild horses couldn't drag local rescue workers away from their duty Tuesday.

Workers toiled for about two hours to rescue a horse from an old septic tank the animal had fallen into earlier in the day. The efforts worked, with the horse suffering only cuts and a large scrape on its back, Police Chief Augie Hendershot said.

The horse, owned by Alan Holden of Lauderdale 450, wandered to the yard of a house that has an old septic tank. Emergency workers were notified of the accident about 10:30 a.m.

"When the horse walked on top of the septic tank, it collapsed, and the horse fell inside," Hendershot said. "A utility worker driving by noticed just the horse's head coming out of the small hole in the ground. He called 911, and they dispatched our fire department and me."

Trousdale Wrecker Service, Joe Holly of Lexington Water Works and Sewer, veterinarian J.B. Harris and Anderson Police Chief B.J. Tully also arrived to assist.

Holly and the wrecker service put straps on the horse and broke up the old septic tank. Workers then dug a ramp to the bottom, spun the horse toward it and pulled it out, Hendershot said.

"The horse was very nervous," he said.

"It was thrashing about, and we were scared he was going to hurt himself."

Harris began checking the horse while it was trapped, with only its neck and head sticking out. He also checked the horse afterward and said there appears to be no major injuries, the chief said.

Firefighters got one of their hoses and washed the horse, which is brown and has a dark-brown mane, the chief said.

"It is a beautiful horse, and the owner was very, very thankful," he said. "We had a lot of good people out there helping."

Bernie Delinski can be reached at 740-5739 or bernie.delinski@times-daily.com.

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This is a lucky horse.

[Neets]

Nice....

[2Trievers]

It's 10:00 PM, do you know where your horse is?

[Inge_CAV]

I was going to ask if your horse steak tastes different lately?

Like marinaded in a septic tank? : )

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Pegasus? : )

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This horse belong to either of you?

[Neets]

Plain steak for this kid toots...a nice juicy thick one....keep the horses in the barn..till later.

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And hold the marinade? : )

[Neets]

Yes...just a little salt....

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Horses are pre-salted, they get 50lb blocks of salt to lick on.

[Neets]

Awwwwwww poor baby...

[2Trievers]

Who? IC or the Pegasus? &;-)

[Neets]

ROTFLMAO....If I say IC...one can only imagine how far he'll go for more coddling and sympathy.

[2Trievers]

Well, as the consummate "horse whisperer" around here ... I think he deserves a lot of coddling ... does that come in chocolate or butterscotch? &;-)

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"Well, as the consummate "horse whisperer" around here"

Yeah Right, me as a horse whisperer.

When I think of myself and a horse, I think of the Three Stooges riding the sway back horse. : )

[ValerieUSA]

It's obvious you want me to post the picture I took yesterday of the horsie duet out in Karaoke Pasture:

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Good story thanks.(I watch some of these rescues on the Animal Planet TV station)

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Neigh, Neigh!

Thanks Val! : )

[Neets]

"Mo please."

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Horses can get into some of the worst situations in the most innocent ways.

You have to really watch out for them.