[Daily Mail] This is the dramatic moment eight people worked together to rescue a horse that was stuck in a pond.

The animal, named Diego, wandered down to the brown, murky water in the village of Shipley in West Sussex to have a drink.

But after cooling down, it found it was unable to climb up the pond’s steep grass bank.

The horse’s owner is pictured with the animal after it was dragged on to a small ledge beside the bank. Image Daily Mail / SWNS.com

Its owner called the RSPCA after spotting the brown horse ‘stumbling and tripping’ as it desperately tried to escape from the water.

Two RSPCA officers then worked with six firefighters to rescue the animal last Wednesday afternoon.

The horse was rescued from a pond in the village of Shipley (pictured) in West Sussex, just off the A272

‘We are extremely grateful to the fire service for their help. There is no way we could have helped the horse without them.

Read the full story here at the Daily Mail Online….

Daily Mail
10th Sept, 2014