Horse battles with 5-bar gate in great escape
A crazed horse tried to battle its way through a five-bar gate but got stuck during its great escape.
The animal got caught up at the metal gate at Corse Lawn, north of Gloucester, this afternoon.
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The rescue operation
A fire crew from Tewkesbury and an animal rescue team from Gloucester spent an hour freeing the horse.
A vet was also called out to sedate it while the operation took place.
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Chief fire officer Jon Hall told his Twitter followers that it had been a "nasty tussle" and a battle in which "the gate lost".
Station commander Steve Bateman said: "It was a great example of a calm, controlled rescue with the end result being a safe, uninjured animal and very pleased owners.
"This is a result of the introduction of specialist training and equipment to aid large animal rescues."
Comments
by bonzaharris1
Monday, January 07 2013, 8:53PM
“Nice to know lennieb, that Bert is doing fine after getting himself into a bit of a pickle. Was it a field of carrots on the other side of "that" gate he was trying to break into !!”
by Lennieb
Monday, January 07 2013, 8:18PM
“Bert is fine after his ordeal with the gate which came of worse!!! Unfortunately his front legs managed to get over the gate but his back legs failed to follow!! He was a star and didn't panic he stood patiently and waited for the fire & rescue to come and free him from his predicament.
A great big thank you to all that helped.
As for bert he is fine think he will be a little sore in the morning!!
From very grateful owners.”
by 2TheBeehive
Monday, January 07 2013, 4:54PM
“Well done the fire crew and animal rescue team. Thank goodness the horse remained in one piece.”
by bonzaharris1
Monday, January 07 2013, 4:46PM
“"A crazed horse." Talk about trying to "big up" a story, I suspect the horse managed to get its leg caught in the gate, and panicked trying to free itself. Good work as usual by the fire service, who managed to free the horse without making a drama out of a crisis.”