Firefighters rescue donkey trapped in well
 Photo by Jeffrey Hage, Fergus Falls Daily Journal  Photo: Jeffrey Hage, Fergus Falls Daily Journal  |
Firefighters
in the western Minnesota town of Underwood weren't quite sure what to
expect when they got the call: A donkey had fallen down an abandoned
well and was trapped.
An unusual rescue operation followed.
Firefighters quickly realized that the donkey, which belonged to a
farmer named Warren Gundberg, couldn't just be pulled from the well. So
they started pulling away earth with a Bobcat tractor and dismantling
the well block by block.
Once the west wall of the well was dismantled, firefighters put a harness around the donkey and guided it out with a rope.
Underwood
Fire Chief Bruce Huseth says he's rescued cows who've fallen through
the ice, but never a trapped donkey. He says it appeared the donkey
wandered away from its farm and onto some boards covering the well,
which broke.
The donkey had some bruises but is otherwise fine.
in the western Minnesota town of Underwood weren't quite sure what to
expect when they got the call: A donkey had fallen down an abandoned
well and was trapped.
An unusual rescue operation followed.
Firefighters quickly realized that the donkey, which belonged to a
farmer named Warren Gundberg, couldn't just be pulled from the well. So
they started pulling away earth with a Bobcat tractor and dismantling
the well block by block.
Once the west wall of the well was dismantled, firefighters put a harness around the donkey and guided it out with a rope.
Underwood
Fire Chief Bruce Huseth says he's rescued cows who've fallen through
the ice, but never a trapped donkey. He says it appeared the donkey
wandered away from its farm and onto some boards covering the well,
which broke.
The donkey had some bruises but is otherwise fine.
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