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| Fire crews waited for the local vet to attend to sedate the cow (not animal pictured) before crews released the animal from the pool unharmed. Photograph: Alamy |
Firefighters in Somerset have pulled a cow out of a swimming pool in an unusual rescue.
The animal had fallen into the pool in Gurney Slade, Wells. Devon and Somerset fire and rescue service were called to the scene at 9.26pm on Saturday.
A spokesman said: "A fire appliance from Shepton Mallet was mobilised and the specialist rescue team from Bridgwater. Crews confirmed one cow was in the swimming pool and was not distressed.
"Crews waited for the local vet to attend to sedate the cow before crews released the cow from the pool unharmed."
The cow was one of four animals rescued by the service on Saturday.
At 7.35am, firefighters hoisted a cow out of a slurry pit in Rodney Stoke, Cheddar. They later used lines to free a cow from a water-filled ditch in Glastonbury, while a sheep was also released from fencing in a ditch in Launcherley, Wells at 4.02pm.
The animal had fallen into the pool in Gurney Slade, Wells. Devon and Somerset fire and rescue service were called to the scene at 9.26pm on Saturday.
A spokesman said: "A fire appliance from Shepton Mallet was mobilised and the specialist rescue team from Bridgwater. Crews confirmed one cow was in the swimming pool and was not distressed.
"Crews waited for the local vet to attend to sedate the cow before crews released the cow from the pool unharmed."
The cow was one of four animals rescued by the service on Saturday.
At 7.35am, firefighters hoisted a cow out of a slurry pit in Rodney Stoke, Cheddar. They later used lines to free a cow from a water-filled ditch in Glastonbury, while a sheep was also released from fencing in a ditch in Launcherley, Wells at 4.02pm.
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