Horse rescue
Whether it’s being dug out of sink hole, cut out of the living area of a horsebox or lifted out of a swimming pool, from time to time the emergency services are called into action to help with horse rescues from some of the most unexpected places…
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‘Teamwork at its best’ as 17hh 800kg horse stuck neck-deep in bog is lifted free
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‘Out of sadness a wonderful friendship has blossomed’: abandoned donkey finds new friend in loving home
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Emaciated, wounded and suffering from strangles: tiny pony dumped and left for dead
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Charity warns abandoned horses are ‘on the rise’ – as two mares and their foals receive ‘second chance’
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Police with tape measure and string catch loose horse in the road – with help from a vocal peacock
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‘Something special about him’: obese pony dumped with headcollar embedded in his face embarks on new happy life
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Warning against buying unseen after maggot-infested, ‘ragwort-poisoned’ foal had to be put down – and his friend is not out of the woods yet
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Drones and search dog find missing elderly pony stuck – and invisible – 12 feet deep in blackthorn hedge
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See how a tiny filly found on the brink of death with ticks ‘sucking the life out of her’ looks now
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‘All the hard work was worth it’ as very poorly pony now has a bright future – thanks to you
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‘Everyone loves him’: veteran horse inundated with visitors after rescue from canal
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Equine Romeo and Juliet find love – but not together – ‘just in time for Valentine’s Day’
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Horse who may have been tangled in his rug straps has to be winched out of thick mud
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Making memories: foal of mare rescued from Wellingborough thrives as child’s loved pony
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‘They could lose their beloved horses’: riding school and equine rescue at risk as council leases its grazing to alpacas
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‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’: 31-year-old horse rescued after three hours upside-down in ditch
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‘The perfect home’: mare rescued dreadlocked and lice-ridden with yearling at foot has bright future
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Tiny foal found beside her dead mum has new best friend in time for Christmas
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‘No more playing hide and seek!’ Wall has to be dismantled brick by brick to free wedged yearling
