Connecticut horses ‘happily eating hay’ after rescuers built bridge to save them from mud

Huge effort to save the horses involved clearing a roadway into the thick woods and building a bridge utilizing logs and plywood

Up to 40 first responders toiled for hours in a Connecticut forest to successfully rescue two horses who had become stuck in a muddy swamp on a local farm.

The huge effort to save the horses involved clearing a roadway into the thick woods and building a makeshift bridge utilizing logs and plywood. The area was not accessible for equipment and would require manpower to extricate them from the woods," said the Lebanon volunteer fire department in a statement.