02.13.07

100 horses saved from drowning

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 3:16 pm by petArtist Cmoses

100 horses saved from drowning by luring them to shore with other horses. I read the story somewhere, it was in the Netherlandsâ€“ horses marooned by a flood and suffering from exposure and hunger, and four horsewomen rode out and led the herd to safety.

What a brave and wonderful thing to do! Horse folks will know this was a HIGH-RISK endeavor for the ladies. I think there was also underwater fencing to navigate past, you can see sections of it, and deep spots where they had to swim; it looks like they had made a tape enclosure on shore, and I can see pieces of poly fence tape flapping in the water. One horse had a very hard time making it back and had to be herded by men on foot. At end of the long version this horse has collapsed; comments say he didn’t make it and about 20 were ultimately lost.

short version from cable news, narrated in Dutch…

Looks a wonder some of the onlookers didn’t get trampeled; interesting observation of herd behavior and a tribute to animal lovers. Posted on YouTube Nov. 3, 2006 (it’s all over YouTube, search on paarden marrum for more of the same. Old news I know but maybe new to some.)

long version