Stamford fire crews rescued
a horse Thursday after it fell and got trapped under a fence.
Stamford
rescue crews received a call around 6 p.m. Thursday about a horse in distress.
They said
they arrived at the farm on June Road 10 minutes later to find that the
20-year-old horse, Tex, had slid off the side of a hill and underneath the
fence line.
Crews said
the ground was saturated with rainwater and the area was dark, as it was a
paddock space.
After 40
minutes and with the help of 30 personnel on scene, they were able to get Tex
back up to safety.
News 12
visited Tex Friday and spoke with owner Nicole Fadner, who said the fire
department saved the day.
"I
don't know what I would have done if they didn't come, so I'm so
grateful," Fadner.
She says it
can lead to complications if a horse can't get up after a long period
of time.
"The
problem is as they're fighting to get up, it takes a lot of energy cause
they're such big animals and they have such big bodies that then he would have
to rest," said Fadner.
Fadner
rescued Tex in 2016 from a kill pen in Texas, which is where he got his name.