Pregnant horse rescued from garden hole in Dilton Marsh

A pregnant horse was rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped in a large hole in a garden in Dilton Marsh.

Firefighters from Warminster were called to a local property on the morning of Saturday 27th September, assisted by a specialist rescue team from Poole, following reports of a ‘large animal rescue.’ The horse had become stuck in a hole that had been dug in the garden as part of an ongoing home extension project.

Four horses had entered the garden through a broken fence, but one pregnant horse became trapped in the deep soakaway hole. Firefighters worked carefully to free the animal, using an on-site mechanical digger to widen the area and allow the horse to be lifted to safety.

“It was unclear how long she had been in the hole,” said Warminster Fire Station’s Crew Manager Pete Holcombe. “The incident lasted a number of hours but was ultimately successful and no harm came to the horse.”