NJFFSA16
10-17-2002, 04:32 AM
Be careful with your BUD...willya?
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PEARBLOSSOM, Calif. (AP) - Some guys would do anything for a
Bud.
A 3,000-pound Clydesdale named Budweiser got stuck in an
abandoned septic tank Tuesday. It took firefighters and animal
control officers more than three hours to hoist the horse out of
the muddy hole. The animal wasn't injured.
Budweiser slipped hind-end first into the Mojave Desert backyard
tank opening after a plywood covering and a layer of dirt gave way.
During the rescue ordeal, the horse waited calmly with his head
and front legs sticking out of the hole, munching on carrots and
getting cool sprays from a garden hose. Firefighters stroked his
throat.
"He just decided he was going to lay down and sat down on the
hole and his back end went in," horse owner Dorothy Velasco said.
"He walks around here free, and he naps all the time, but he just
decided to sit in the wrong place."
Los Angeles County Building and Safety Department officials were
called in to check the septic tank, which officials said should
have been slurry-sealed and covered with plywood.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
______________________________ _____________
PEARBLOSSOM, Calif. (AP) - Some guys would do anything for a
Bud.
A 3,000-pound Clydesdale named Budweiser got stuck in an
abandoned septic tank Tuesday. It took firefighters and animal
control officers more than three hours to hoist the horse out of
the muddy hole. The animal wasn't injured.
Budweiser slipped hind-end first into the Mojave Desert backyard
tank opening after a plywood covering and a layer of dirt gave way.
During the rescue ordeal, the horse waited calmly with his head
and front legs sticking out of the hole, munching on carrots and
getting cool sprays from a garden hose. Firefighters stroked his
throat.
"He just decided he was going to lay down and sat down on the
hole and his back end went in," horse owner Dorothy Velasco said.
"He walks around here free, and he naps all the time, but he just
decided to sit in the wrong place."
Los Angeles County Building and Safety Department officials were
called in to check the septic tank, which officials said should
have been slurry-sealed and covered with plywood.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)