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| bit |
Whew! Happy ending for this horsehttp://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2011/10/159.shtml |
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| ElaineW |
Love Happy endings! | ||
| PasoBaby_CarolU |
It's probably not a happy ending yet. That horse looks pretty well done in. I hope for the best. Poor thing.
I participated in a rescue just like this many years ago - except... the horse didn't fall into a well, it fell into an old cesspool 
the fire department didn't come, we showed up. 
we were herding cows that day so did not have any kind of protective clothing. we didn't have a crane or anything, just a lot of ropes, some webbing and a tractor that we had to lend our battery to, to get running. It took us about 3 hours. We figure the horse had been in there 3 days. He had abscesses and open and infected wounds all over him once we got him out. He did live. We did throw all of our clothes away though, and Mother squirted us off outside with a hose while we took the clothes off. It was pretty bad. |
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| ErinR76 |
What was the horse doing there? I wish there was more information on how it all led up to that. | ||
| CoolsLadyInRed |
I wondered too how it got in there.
Not to change the subject but on the NewZealand horse talk page there was a good article on British vets going to Gambia to help the poor equines there. OMG! the pictures of the disease and malnutrition. those poor animals, is all I can say. 'the horse in the well looked healthy compared to these poor creatures.
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| ErinR76 |
OMG and the ones from Honduras, with homemade tack that cuts into the horses, and the flies that cause open sores on their faces....that a simple fly fringe would help keep at bay! I can't recall the name of the site that you can make donations for fly fringes for those poor horses. I may have posted it on this forum before.
Oh! Here it is! http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/you-help/flyfringe |
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| Clarissa |
The RSPCA in Queensland is working with the Uni & vet college to develop a sling specifically for horses. They have been at it for years with several versions trialed to varying degrees of success.
Now RSPCA in NSW has got hold of this rubber horse mannequin they call Bruce which is life like so they can test things better & put the mannequin into bad situations & rescue it. It has sensors all throughout the body & cost $many, many thousands. They put it in a rolled over horse float to show how horses get their legs caught in the windows & bars & how that strips back the flesh & hoof capsule as the horses fight to get out. All the emergency services around Australia will get to work with Bruce & his mate Bob during the coming year. The group who owns Bruce & Bob are even giving lessons on what to do if you come upon a horse that is injuried but outside the float or maybe prone on the ground as the result of a car accident. They are teaching the use of basic tools like the tack generally found in a float. It's all good. 
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| ErinR76 |
This reminds me. How many people wrap their horse's legs when they trailer them? I'm torn between its a good idea and it's unneccessary/too much work. | ||
| PasoBaby_CarolU |
Our equine rescue groups use a heavy duty garden hose instead of ropes or nylon webbing. I took a class in it at a Back Country Horsemen meeting. | ||
| misstux |
The velcro on hoof boots aren't very much work at all. I have some really really old ones from my first horse that I need to use bell boots with. |