If you need to calm a horse down quick, put a bra over its eyes and tampons in its ears.
This is just one technique firefighters learned last weekend at the large animal rescue course in Metchosin.
Volunteer firefighters learned to extract horses out of the mud, a fire or a car crash involving a horse trailer in the first large animal rescue course hosted in Metchosin. Fire departments from the south Island were invited.
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Metchosin volunteers have gear, such as portable panels and gates, that can help control large animals in emergency situations, but Dunlop noted that itB次元官网网址檚 best to have someone on scene familiar with whatever animal is in jeopardy, such as a horse.
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