NETHERLANDS RESCUE - 2006

THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN AROUND AWHILE BUT IF YOU HAVENT SEEN IT ITS WORTH A LOOK AT. EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE MANKIND SHOWS US HE HAS A HEART !

The Great Netherlands Horse Rescue
By Chris, Five Star Ranch Staff Writer

The biggest horse story that came out of The Netherlands in 2006 was the amazing tale of the Great Netherlands Horse Rescue. A group of about 100 horses were stranded on a small piece of land when the waters rose unexpectedly after a fierce storm. The horses were stranded for three days on a tiny sliver of land. Firemen and animal welfare officers brought the horses food and water to keep up their strength. As wind and icy rain blasted the horses, they huddled together with their rear ends facing the wind. Finally on the third day, the great rescue was made.
The video of the horse rescue is incredibly moving. The combination of the horse footage and music will bring happy tears to any horse lover's eyes. The sound starts about a minute into the video.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• HORSE
• RESCUE

[calisu11]

This is so touching, to see mankind save such beautiful aninals, it shows the bond between horse and man. It is such an amazing story, though 19 horses died. Life is full of God preserving moments. Best video I have ever seen.

[VickiOsb]

What kind of a jerk would dislike this???

[JOTAELEORO]

Grande!!!! La vita vince questa volta. Benedica Dio a tutti quelli che parteciparono nel riscato.

[NanLuurs]

I love your reaction to this rescue-video. But as a Dutch horsewoman I keep thinking: where were the men? Where were the horse-trainers, the galopping riders... No men! Do you understand?

[hilannie62]

If i go to heaven please let there be horses there :-)

[bobdejong88]

Why get all this videos raped by some dicks putting music up on every single video where i wanna hear the original sound

[Lulucupcake252]

@FancyPonys They are just wild horses...

[FancyPonys]

This is an amazing story. Does anyone know where the horses are now?

[TwilightjeeIsHere]

I was right there when it happend! I live in Den helder, that was on the Waddenzee.

[TheSpiritof1969]

@CMEQueen

They had to wait until the water level dropped to a point the the horses could walk out instead of swim. Submerged wire fences would have trapped them and more would have died. Leading them off was a once only rescue and they had to get it right first time and be sure the herd followed the right route.

Those riders were very brave, if their own horses had stumbled in the path of a hundred frightened horses there is a good chance they would have paid with their lives.

[CMEQueen]

It tears me up too, but it makes me very sad to see clearly demonstrated that all these people that breed horses have very little idea about horsemanship. It took how many days to realize that herd animals needed a herd leader to lead them to safety?