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Cow rescued from slurry pit

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Firefighters were called on to rescue a cow which had wandered into a slurry pit. The animal had got itself stuck in the 5ft deep pit on a farm in Broughton Road, Stoney Stanton. Crews from Hinckley and the fire service's technical rescue team from Leicester attended the incident at just before 9am today (SAT). They used an inflatable "rescue path" to reach the stranded cow and attached harnesses before pulling it to safety with the help of a digger. The whole operation took about an hour to complete. A fire service spokeswoman said: "The cow was successfully freed and left with the farmer. "It was obviously distressing for the animal but it was otherwise unhurt."

Cow rescued from slurry pit


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