PHOTOS: Firefighters rescue donkey

Tintin the donkey had quite the adventure today after he got stuck in some mud and was rescued by our firefighters.

Our Animal Rescue Unit from Chelmsford and a crew from Harlow were called to Church Lane in Great Hallingbury at 8.32am to help Tintin get back on his hooves.

Station Manager Nick Singleton said: “Tintin had wandered down to his usual watering hole this morning but unfortunately got stuck up to his belly in mud. A vet sedated him whilst crews worked hard to push air underneath to release him. Then we carried out a controlled lift to get him up onto his legs. He was none the worse for his experience and we left him munching a lovely bucket of food.”

The mud was near the edge of a moat. The water level had dropped and 27-year-old Tintin got stuck in the boggy ground.

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