Renshaw Horses Out of Deep Snow Bowl
By 250 News
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 06:11 PM
McBride, B.C. – The horses are out!
After days of digging in 6-7 feet of snow, a group of volunteers has completed the kilometre long trench to lead two abandoned horses out of the Renshaw snowmobiling area to a groomed trail.
The animals still have a 27 kilometer walk to a safe place, but Allison Schreiber, whose family has been part of the rescue efforts, says the horses are being escorted to the staging area. “It has been phenomenal, the work that has been done, it really was overwhelming to actually see that trench.” Allison says about 20 people showed up today to finish digging the trench from a bowl area to the groomed trail, but there were days when there were only four people doing the digging.
There are three people walking the horses and they are being accompanied by some snowmobilers “They will take turns switching off walking and riding the sleds” says Allison. It was thought it would take about 5 hours to get the animals to the staging area where they can be loaded into a horse trailer. “If the horses look tired, they’ll stop, make sure the animals are fed and rested. If the groomed trail is packed hard enough, it might be possible to get a horse trailer up there, but that’s not certain.”
When the animals were first spotted last week by snowmobilers, veterinarians said the condition of the horses was a 2 out of nine, but some tender loving care, feed and blankets seems to have improved things for the animals.
The SPCA is investigating to see how it came to be that the two horses were left in the Renshaw area. If there are grounds for charges, the SPCA will ask Crown Counsel to lay charges.
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Posted by: diplomat on December 23 2008 6:35 PM
God bless all the folks that made this a happy ending.