FIREFIGHTERS in Spain successfully saved a horse stuck in the mud in a gruelling rescue mission which took over two hours.
They were called to a farm in Jimena de la Frontera, Cadiz, where the horse was exhausted after a lengthy ordeal battling against mud through the night.
The rescue mission took two and a half hours with the firefighters first using hoses to try and free the distressed horse.
When water alone failed, firefighters attached a sling to farm machinery and hauled it to safety.
After a gruelling mission wading in mud, firefighters finally freed the horse.
Firefighters then helped the owners to clean the horse, shaken but healthy after its ordeal.
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