LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE SKULL SESSION
August 5

  HORSE IN A BIND

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 remote area of the range at a cattle sorting station.

Date and Time

Early summer, mid afternoon with the day getting hot.

Incident Details

You receive a call that a wild (feral) stallion has gotten a leg caught in the panels of a cattle sorting corral in a remote area of the range, and appears to have been there for at least several hours, but there is no telling how long.

The location is accessible via horseback or high clearance 4-wheel drive. There is no equipment available on-scene except what is used on-site at the cattle sorting corral. There is no veterinarian available to respond to this location. Your team is limited to four people, two ropes and a beach towel.

Upon arrival you find the horse on its side with one leg wedged between two panels. (Please assume that the towel has not been placed over the horse's head prior to arrival. Getting a trapped wild horse quiet with humans approaching trumped getting a raw "before" photograph.)

The scene on your arrival.

Skull Session Questions

  1. What are your priorities?

  2. What are the safety issues?

  3. What resources do you need?

  4. Describe your action plan.

Please post your answers to the Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue group.

Skull Session rules.

Please post your answers independently of the answers posted by others. Please also recognize that there can be varying perceptions as to what these scenarios involve since these problems are being solved using limited information. The values of these sessions include the various approaches the participants may suggest based on their varying perceptions of the problem, so it's not a matter of someone being right and someone being wrong.

Please read, think, and post your answers to the TLAER Facebook group based on your perception of the problem presented.

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