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Horse Stuck In Mud Up To Neck
Crews Free Horse With Ropes, Pulleys
POSTED: 12:34 pm EDT May 21,
2008
UPDATED: 3:51 pm EDT May 21,
2008
BOSTON -- Using ropes and pulleys, emergency crews in Vermont were able to free a horse that was stuck in the mud up to its neck on Wednesday.Carolyn Leighton, of Underhill, Vt., called police on Wednesday asking for help freeing her 20-year-old horse, Starlight, from the mud behind her home.Leighton told police that she first noticed that the horse was stuck in the mud at about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday. After trying to free Starlight unsuccessfully, she called police.
It took crews about an hour to free the horse.A veterinarian was going to check the horse's well being Wednesday.
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