Wendy and her son Lucas have recieved "Technical Large
Animal Emergency Rescue" certification . Here they are putting their training to use in staged incidents.
Night scenario, horse with broken leg on slide.
Safety and teamwork.
Teamwork
Securing the horse to the glide.
Once this horse was secured, we had to drag him up hill in the dark, (in a pasture
filled with brush and rocks). It took great teamwork and lots of energy.
Vertical Lift
Harnessing Karma
The "lift"
Tomas and Wendy
This harness that Karma is wearing can be used in helicoptor rescues as well as for medical purposes.
Simulated trailer accident. Trailer must be "righted" after horse
is dragged out safely.
Backward drag, trailer simulation
Trailer almost "right"
Pulling the trailer upright.
Knots, ropes, straps and human mud rescue, the decision was made to use Claudia instead of a horse.
Poor Claudia......
Claudia using air tubes to extract herself from the mud.