LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE SKULL SESSION
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DRAFT HORSE IN THE LAKE |
This problem is based on a real scenario and is presented for a "Skull Session" discussion in the Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue Facebook Group.
Location The incident has occurred in a large lake and recreation area managed by the State Parks department. The lake has a sandy bottom that includes strata of unstable lake bed that can entrap animals and people alike. The adjacent beach has a great deal of loose sand beyond the wake line that tends to get vehicles stuck that try to drive over it. Date and Time Mid-afternoon on the Labor Day holiday. Incident Details You receive a call from State Parks stating that a Belgian Draft Horse is bogged in the water in the lake. Parks personnel and bystanders have tried unsuccessfully to extricate the horse for nearly four hours. Equipment on-scene includes a couple of State Parks vehicles, a State Parks brush fire truck and a citizen's 4-wheel drive pickup that has an electric winch parked at the water's edge. Upon arrival you see the horse in the water, surrounded by civilians, with its head being floated on an inner tube. It becomes immediately clear that the horse's legs are stuck fast in the lake bottom sediment and he can't simply be pulled free.
The scene on your arrival.
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