Incident
Animal rescue
Date
12.45pm - 12 March 2023
Last updated
8.36pm - 16 March 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Colyton
Attending station
Exmouth
Colyton
Clyst St George
Fire crews from Colyton along with a specialist animal rescue team from Exmouth and officers attended a property in Colyton after reports of a horse in a ditch.
On arrival the fire crew confirmed a 30 year old horse was in a ditch and a request was made to send the telehandler from service headquarters.
A vet arrived shortly before the arrival of the animal rescue team and they got to work to safely place an animal harness on the horse and await the arrival of the telehandler.
At 14:55 the horse had been released and was being assessed by the vet.