Miniature horse rescued from well


Miniature horse rescued from well

WARM SPRINGS - Multiple agencies teamed up to rescue a miniature horse that had fallen into a well on Friday night, Nov. 1, east of Lake Elsinore.Firefighters from CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department, officers and veterinary staffers from Riverside County Animal Services and the Riverside City Fire Department's Heavy Animal Rescue Team joined forces to save the animal, a 12-year-old female named Butter.The horse crashed through a plywood-covered well in the unincorporated area of Warm Springs, east of Lake Elsinore and north of the city of Canyon Lake. Although the approximately 350-pound horse fell initially about 15 feet, the well was actually 60 feet in depth after water was siphoned. The rescue efforts started early Friday (Nov. 1) afternoon and ended at about 10 p.m.

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