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Firefighters Rescue Horse From Muddy Central Jersey Stream: Photos Firefighters Rescue Horse From Muddy Central Jersey Stream: Photos
Firefighters Rescue Horse From Muddy Central Jersey Stream: Photos Firefighters from Central Jersey rescued a horse that got stuck in a muddy stream. The horse got stranded on its side Sunday afternoon behind Echo Lake in the Southard section of Howell Township. Southard Fire Department was assisted in the rescue by members from Freewood Acres Fire Company No. 1, Squankum Fire Company #1, and the Howell Township Office of Emergency Management. The first responders used straps, ropes and sheets of plywood to safely extricate the horse from the mud.  There was a veterinarian on location supervising the removal and status of the horse, fire officials s…

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by Jon Craig
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BRIDLE PARTY: Horse Rescued After Falling Through NJ Bridge BRIDLE PARTY: Horse Rescued After Falling Through NJ Bridge
Bridle Party: Horse Rescued After Falling Through NJ Bridge BRIDLE PARTY: Five horses were being ridden across a wooden bridge at Garret Mountain Reservation in Passaic County when the last one fell halfway through its soggy planks. What to do? The rider was OK, but all 2,500 pounds of Hank the horse was wedged in there good, Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark said. He couldn't giddy up, you could say. Members of the West Paterson Volunteer Fire Department summoned Camp Towing of Wayne, which came to the rescue with a "rotator" wrecker -- essentially a huge crane. A veterinarian from his stable sedated Hank before his rescuers gently strapped him …

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by Jerry DeMarco