Payless has a sale this week ... buy one, get half off the second .... &;-)
Posted on 04/03/2002 2:36:11 AM PST by Inge_CAV
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.
They were able to get her up and back to her stall and she seemed to respond for several days; and suddenly took a backwards turn and had to be put down.
Payless has a sale this week ... buy one, get half off the second .... &;-)
Horse never did it again....wound up being one of Dad's favorite riding horses.
Luckily, it has never happened to me twice on the same horse.
Free Installation??? Do they talk a lot while they are installing them??
Make use of what you might have lying around! &;-)
Free installation, sure hope so.
Not seen a farrier yet that couldn't talk the horns off a billy goat though. : )
Saw two full size mules riding in the back of an old school bus this past weekend. The owner has trained them to jump up into the bus through the rear exit door. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes it would be hard to believe. : )
I think horses, like other "prey" animals do seem have a very high tolerance for pain due to a sudden trauma... This trait enables them to escape after an attack by a predator and continue to run. Only when the stress wears off do begin to feel the impact of the injury...
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