Firefighters lay a plywood path to free a mare stuck in mud
In Douglas, firefighters built a path of plywood to reach a 25-year-old mare stuck belly-deep in mud and pulled her out. She was unhurt.
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Firefighters in Douglas freed a 25-year-old mare who had sunk belly-deep in mud, NBC 10 WJAR reported. They laid plywood to make a path across the soft ground and pulled her out. She was unhurt.
The rescue is one horse and one patch of mud. The station's account is that she walked away from it without injury, not a claim about every animal that gets stuck.
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A 25-year-old mare in Douglas, Massachusetts, sank belly-deep in mud and could not get out. Firefighters laid plywood on the mud so they had something firm to stand on, then pulled her free. She was not hurt. A mare is a female horse. Twenty-five is old for a horse, and deep mud can hold a heavy animal in place. The plywood was the tool that let people reach her without sinking themselves. One horse, one muddy spot, and a path the crew built on the spot.
- Why is mud more dangerous for a horse than for a person?
- How did the plywood change what the firefighters could do?
- What should someone do first if a large animal is stuck?
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