Horse rescued from Virginia swimming pool

Rixeyville, Virginia's Little Fork Volunteer Technical Large Animal Rescue Team saved a horse who fell or jumped into a family's swimming pool overnight. When the team arrived, the fire department had already begun draining the pool and a firefighter had jumped in to keep the animal calm. After a vet sedated the horse, the Rescue Team used a sling attached to a tractor and lifted the horse out of the pool. From Fredericksburg.com:

The area had experienced high winds and a line of storms the night prior, Halloween night, and Annie a Haflinger had escaped from her field and went exploring, according to a Facebook post from Little Fork Volunteer Technical Large Animal Rescue Team.

The horse was probably thirsty and saw some water and just like that found herself in the swimming pool, the post stated.

Shortly after the rescue, Annie had recovered and was happily eating breakfast. Read the rest