„Ich Dachte, Es Wäre Ein Wunder, Wenn Sie Lebend Rauskäme“: Feststeckende Stute Aus Misthaufen Gerettet

2023 Autor: George Kingsman | [email protected]. Zuletzt bearbeitet: 2023-05-21 05:32

Eine Pferdebesitzerin hat die Bemühungen von Feuerwehrleuten gelobt, die mehr als zweieinhalb Stunden gearbeitet haben, um ihre Stute zu retten, als sie auf einem Misthaufen feststeckte.

Der pensionierte Kolben Gemma hatte aus unerklärlichen Gründen den Elektrozaun durchbrochen, um den großen und gut verrotteten Misthaufen zu erklimmen, der dort stand, bevor die Besitzerin Natalie Bucklar vor 18 Monaten auf ihre Farm in Axmouth, Devon, einzog.

Natalie sagte, sie habe am frühen Dienstagabend (2. Juni) bemerkt, dass die 15-jährige Stute vermisst wurde, und dann "ein Wiehern gehört". Bei einer Suche fand sie ihren Gipsverband auf der anderen Seite des Haufens.

„Man könnte es von einer der anderen erwarten, aber nicht von ihr, sie kümmert sich normalerweise um ihre eigenen Angelegenheiten und ist still wie eine Maus“, sagte Natalie. "Ich kann mir nur vorstellen, dass eine ihrer Freundinnen sie gemobbt hat, da sie keine Motivation zum Essen hatte, um sie zu besteigen."

Natalie sagte, dass, obwohl das ehemalige Reitschulpony gecastet wurde, als sie gefunden wurde, sie es mit Hilfe ihres Partners geschafft hatte, sie umzudrehen. Gemma war immer noch zu tief versenkt, um zu entkommen, also riefen sie sofort den Tierarzt.

Nach einer Beurteilung durch die Tierärztin Tessa Porter von Summerleaze Vets wurde entschieden, dass die beste Option für Gemma darin besteht, Devon und Somerset Fire and Rescue Service um Hilfe zu bitten. Sie konnten eine spezialisierte Tierrettungseinheit aus Exmouth sowie eine unterstützende Crew entsenden.

“they were brilliant and sent a couple of local crew out to assess the situation, before a lot more crew arrived in stages,” natalie said. “they called for a telehandler, as the best-case scenario was to lift her out as she was right in the middle of the heap.

“the telehandler was at the furthermost point of its reach getting to her - the next option would have been to drag her out, which none of us wanted to do.”

natalie said she was not worried that gemma was hurt as the surface was so soft but she was concerned about her suffering from heat and exhaustion.

“we didn’t know how long she’d been there before we found her and we were worried about the weight on her guts from being cast - there were some points when i thought that if she got out of it alive it would be a miracle,” she said.

after sedation and co-ordination between tessa and the crew, gemma was safely lifted from the muck heap, over a fence and into a paddock, where the lifting straps were swiftly removed using quick release so she did not panic.

“they really knew what they were doing and you couldn’t fault their professionalism,” natalie said. “tessa has also had previous experience in animal rescue and she was amazing - she made everything so much less worrying as she is so calm and controlled and great with the horses. i had every confidence in her.”

much to natalie’s relief, gemma was up on her feet and grazing “within 10 seconds” of being freed.

“she was obviously dirty but there wasn’t a scratch on her,” she said. “i had kept it together while they were getting her out but when she started eating that was it, the tears started!

“we were so very, very lucky to have the fire service to get her out.”

a spokesman for devon and somerset fire and rescue said an appliance from seaton and specialist rescue crews from exmouth had been immediately mobilised by fire control after they received natalie’s call.

“on arrival, the incident commander confirmed that one horse was trapped in mud and while specialist rescue teams were en-route, the crews got to work to make the scene safe. a telehandler from service headquarters in exeter was also sent to assist with the rescue,” the spokesman said.

“the horse was eventually rescued using specialist rescue equipment and a telehandler and was left in the care of its owner and the vet.”