Animal rescuers lift cow out of fifteen-foot canal in central India

Animal rescuers lift cow out of fifteen-foot canal in central India

Fire crews were called to rescue a hapless cow after it got stuck in a drainage canal on March 8, 2019.

The rescue video shows the animal up to its waist after it stumbled into the water in Sangli, western India.

Firefighters used specialist equipment and a giant harness attached to a heavy-lifting loader to lift the cow out of the water.

According to local media, the owner of the cow had previously climb down in the canal and observed the animal was bleeding after a piece of glass had pierced its leg.

Vet, Dr. Avinash Visalkar Animal Rahat, examined the cow and no major injury was observed on the body of the animal.