
Foals rush in where angels fear to tread: Swiss military test helicopter horse evacuation procedure
No need for long faces here - Swiss military trial a new method of transporting injured horses to vets using Super Puma helicopters.
Giddy up! A team of vets based at the Vetsuisse Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Saignelegier, Switzerland, have teamed up with the Swiss army to trial a new method of transporting and evacuating injured horses via helicopter.
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