Trapped horse is airlifted to safety, and more

A 900-pound mustang named Colorado was airlifted by helicopter off a sandbar in Arizona where it had been trapped for five days.

Trapped horse is airlifted to safety

A 900-pound mustang named Colorado was airlifted by helicopter off a sandbar in Arizona where it had been trapped for five days by the swift currents of the Gila River. The horse had been left behind after its rider, who was rescued, was unable to make it across the river. The animal survived by chomping on bushes and trees. A heavy-duty helicopter lifted the horse to safety after a veterinarian injected it with a tranquilizer and placed it in a harness with blinders. “He’s doing good,” owner Vickie Eshenbaugh said of her flying horse. “I always wanted a Pegasus.”

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