LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE SKULL SESSION
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HORSE IN A CAN |
This problem is based on a real scenario and is presented for a "Skull Session" discussion in the Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue Facebook Group.
Location The incident has occurred in a small Nevada town in which wild (feral) horses roam. Date and Time Mid March on a weekday morning. Incident Details You receive a call from a resident that a mare in one of the local wild (feral) horse bands has a coffee can stuck onto her foot, that it had been that way for a couple of days, it wasn't coming off, and it was starting to cut into her short pastern. The caller said that she was able to lure the mare and part of her band into her small arena. Upon arrival you find three horses in a pipe panel arena, one being the mare with the can on her hoof. There is no safe way to knock the can off as it is wedged snugly onto her hoof. The stallion and the remainder of the band are watching close by. You have available a transport trailer, portable chute panels and the use of a vetting squeeze in the next county that is suitable for containing non-domestic, non-tame horses. This is a wild horse that cannot be haltered, led or handled. No other resources are available for this incident.
The mare on your arrival.
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