NEWBURG, Pa. (AP) — A 2,000 pound horse had to be rescued from a frozen pond in central Pennsylvania.
Officials say it happened Sunday afternoon on an ice-covered pond in Lurgan Township after a farmer called for help. Firefighters say it took about an hour as rescuers worked to lasso the large horse, which had fallen through the ice.
Newburg-Hopewell Volunteer Fire Company Chief Ed Hoover says about a dozen people pulled on the rope and the horse eventually stood up once he was off the ice.
Hoover says the animal apparently wondered onto the pond in a field where he was kept, but fell through 4-inch ice. The animal was sitting on the bottom of the pond with his head sticking out when firefighters arrived.
The animal was being examined by a veterinarian.
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