Article: Class meets a large need ; Trainers from South Carolina help a group in Maine learn how to handle emergencies involving large animals.

ANNE GLEASON By ANNE GLEASON Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
07-17-2008
Class meets a large need ; Trainers from South Carolina help a group in Maine learn how to handle emergencies involving large animals.
Byline: ANNE GLEASON By ANNE GLEASON Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Local & State
Type: News

NEW GLOUCESTER --

Staff members at Pineland Farms got a wake-up call earlier this year when one of their horses got caught in the divider in a trailer.

The horse had been stung by a bee and bucked, getting a hip caught on the metal divider and becoming partially suspended.
The staff needed assistance, but the emergency responders had not been trained to deal with large-animal ...

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