> with a large group. There was a place in the river where people take > their > horses to swim. One of the guys took his horse into the river, not > intending to go into the deep part, he was fully saddled, no tie down > though. The horse startled at something, stepped into the swimming hole, > and panicked. the rider got off safely, a large group tried to rescue the > horse but he was so panicked that they couldn't get near him, a couple of > folks were injured. The horse eventually became exhausted and drowned. > Right in front of their eyes and they couldn't do a thing about it.
Oh, my word... how sad. I can not imagine watching my horse go thru a suffering event like this. I did have a horse die from poison nightshade which affects the central nervous system and that was a horror. Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
