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Fire crews help rescue horse trapped in hedge in Butleigh

By Tim Lethaby 16th Jul 2021

The horse was rescued in Back Town, Butleigh (Photo: Google Street View)
The horse was rescued in Back Town, Butleigh (Photo: Google Street View)

Fire crews successfully rescued a horse that had become stuck in a hedge in Butleigh yesterday (November 23).

Just after 11am yesterday, fire crews from Glastonbury and a specialist rescue team from Bridgwater attended a horse that had got stuck in hedging, a dry ditch and barbed wire in Back Town, Butleigh.

Working initially with the owner to help calm the horse and then alongside a vet who sedated the animal, crews were able to effect a rescue using fire service specialist rescue lifting equipment and a telehandler kindly supplied by a local farmer.

Once out of the ditch and back on all fours, duty of care for the horse was then left with the owner and vet.

     

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