Raise your hand if you love horses. Well I can’t actually see how many are raised, but I’m guessing quite a few. I myself love our friends in the equine world and have been lucky enough to do a fair amount of riding and wrangling in my youth. I can’t help but feel a certain bond when I get to spend time with them; I have no idea what they’re thinking, but there’s something noble, proud, and timeless about horses.
So naturally, I was mortified to hear about a sticky situation where three of our hoofed cohorts got stuck in the mud deep in the woods near Lebanon, Connecticut, earlier this May. Rescuers were able to walk one of them out—but suction kept the other two pinned to their sides in the mucky death trap.
Mud can be a deadly enemy, explained Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jay Schall:
“The more you try to get yourself out — and you can’t — you kind of…
