Crews Attempt To Rescue Horse From Cliff In Ohio

[Bravo Zulu]

Crews Attempt To Rescue Horse From Cliff In Ohio
POWHATAN POINT, Oh. (KDKA) ― Rescue crews are on the scene in Ohio where a horse is stuck along the ledge of a cliff.

Officials say the horse was first seen stranded on the cliff at Powhatan Point above Route 7 late on Thursday.

Authorities tell us rescue crews were called in from as far away as Maryland to help bring the animal to safety.

Crews say they will attempt to repel down the hill, sedate the horse and lower the animal about 100 feet to the ground below with a rescue vehicle.


NesChopper 2 flew over the scene in Ohio where a horse is stuck on the ledge of a cliff.
KDKA

http://kdka.com/pets/horse.cliff.rescue.2.692081.html

[Shakespeare]

1. This happens a lot here in SoCal, especially in the canyons.

They usually lower someone down to put a sling around the horse's midsection, and then lift it out by helicopter.

[lost-in-nj]

2. Oh no....

:cry: :cry:

I hope they can get it......

when they panned out to show the cliff my heart fell......

lost

[csziggy]

14. They save horses all the time all over the world with copters

Just search for "horse rescue" on Youtube and you will find hundreds of videos.

My favorite horse rescue video is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/v/i6vSvOw-4U4&hl=en

[GCP]

19. Thanks! That was great!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I wonder how it ended up there...

Hope they can rescue it successfully...:scared:

[Bravo Zulu]

4. They quit tonight on account of darkness

They are going to try again tomorrow!

[quadriga]

5. So, who else first thought "There are fucking cliffs in Ohio?"

[doc03]

11. We have hills here you know, they cut that one back

to widen the highway below and control rock slides.

[petronius]

6. They're gonna repel, huh?

When that doesn't work, maybe they'll try rappelling. :)

Looking at that video, it appears the horse is following a path. I wonder if anyone has checked to see where the horse will end up if it just keeps on going...

[redqueen]

7. Aww it's pretty... I hope this works out ok.

I love that kind... I don't know what they're called.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Pinto.. paint...piebald.... something like that

[redqueen]

9. Paint yes... that's what I was thinking.

But I'm usually wrong, so... :P

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. According to wikipedia one or all of the words might apply. Or maybe it is a skewbald

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinto_horse

[Angel]

12. That Cliff is about 10 minutes from my hometown

in Ohio. Thankfully there is no ice on the ledges now. I keep in touch with this with a news site from back home .

[doc03]

15. Where you from Shadyside?

[Angel]

16. Up one city..Bellaire

Planning to move back home to Shadyside tho.

[BreweryYardRat]

13. I don't particularly like horses...

But I wouldn't want to see any animal stuck in that situation.

[Bravo Zulu]

17. No more horsing around

The horse made his way to the top of the hill duing the night, and went home!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. I am so relieved to hear that!

Thank you for the update, my dear PAVet4Murtha!

:hi: