LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE SKULL SESSION
August 26th

  HORSE IN A CAN

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 small Nevada town in which wild (feral) horses roam.

Date and Time

Mid March on a weekday morning.

Incident Details

You receive a call from a resident that a mare in one of the local wild (feral) horse bands has a coffee can stuck onto her foot, that it had been that way for a couple of days, it wasn't coming off, and it was starting to cut into her short pastern. The caller said that she was able to lure the mare and part of her band into her small arena.

Upon arrival you find three horses in a pipe panel arena, one being the mare with the can on her hoof. There is no safe way to knock the can off as it is wedged snugly onto her hoof. The stallion and the remainder of the band are watching close by.

You have available a transport trailer, portable chute panels and the use of a vetting squeeze in the next county that is suitable for containing non-domestic, non-tame horses.

This is a wild horse that cannot be haltered, led or handled.

No other resources are available for this incident.

The mare on your arrival.
Close-up of the can.

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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