May 25, 2016 Late last week, someone rented a cabin along the Nooksack River in Whatcom County. On a hike along the river, she noticed a dog on the other side barking for her attention. The slope the dog was on angled steeply up, and it didn’t seem like the dog could easily leave. There …
WASART Stories
Honey the Horse Stuck in the Mud
May 25, 2016 As we were wrapping up this spring’s Fundamentals Training, we received a call about a horse in a creek in Everett. Part of the training involved the technical rescue team giving a demo on the bipod/tripod and various rope systems, so many of the technical responder were on site at the training, …
Baby Girl Pig Raise
May 25, 2016 We had a deployment to help out a 450 lb. pet pig who could not stand on her own. We rigged her with straps, loaded her onto the glide, and moved her under the tripod for the raise. Once on her feet with the straps supporting her weight in part, we worked …
Anakin, a Horse with a Past Gets a Lift
On Saturday, December 7, we were called to assist in raising a horse who was down and could not stand. A woman had rescued the horses only a couple of days before from a situation where neither horse was getting enough to eat. Both horses were thin, but one was much more so with ribs …
Tia, Horse over an Embankment
On August 28, 2016 we deployed very early in the morning to help with a horse down an embankment. The call originally came to search and rescue as a rider injured, so Seattle Mountain Rescue (SMR) and Explorer Search and Rescue (ESAR) deployed in the dark to head up the 4.5+ miles up the beginning …
Lars East, a Friesian with Arthritic Hips
December 28, 2015 On December 22, we received a call about a Friesian gelding who was down in his stall and could not get up so we sent nine responders to the location in Snohomish, WA to assist with getting him to his feet. The horse, a 20 year old named Lars East (there is …
Okanogan Complex Fires
August 26, 2015 We opened an emergency companion animal shelter across from the Red Cross to help people who needed to evacuate their homes take care of themselves by taking care of their animals for them. Animals are stressed at times like these, so we did our best to give them exercise and attention. We’ve …
Dane, Horse Stuck in the Mud
Dane, our subject yesterday, ended up sunk to his belly in mud at about noon. At the request of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department, we set out from the equipment van’s base in Enumclaw for Snohomish’s Lord Hill County Park, a popular equine destination. When we arrived, we were met by Snohomish County Search & …