Strange & Unknown

Friday 9th October 2009

By Paula Roberts

IT’S not just cats stuck up trees that Dorset Firefighters are called to deal with. Their other grateful clients have included Dipsy the pony who found herself shoulder-deep in mud and a little fawn that had fallen into a 15-ft hole.

Between April 2008 and March this year, the service attended 53 animal rescues in the county including 11 birds, 10 cats, 10 dogs, three deer, 11 horse and ponies, four cows and one squirrel.

To deal with the larger animal rescues, Dorset Fire ...

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