General Chat

You may have heard about the herd of horses that were trapped for 3 days on a tiny piece of land in wind and rain in the Netherlands in Oct/Nov? They were trapped on a small piece of land, surrounded by water. Their natural instincts kept them from swimming to solid land, from their tiny perch. There were about 100 horses huddled together against the wind and water. The Nation was mesmerized watching this drama as 18 of the horses perished, while others were slowly weakening. First the fire department, then the Dutch army, tried to rescue them - both efforts were unsuccessful. Then, with a break in the weather, the water level went down and four women hatched a plan to attempt a rescue by luring the horses into the water. Here's a video of the successful rescue. I was very touched as I watched the video of these magnificent animals being saved. I hope you enjoy this uplifting video.

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-4584913278289860160

That is one of the most beaufiful things I have seen,Im shaking just WONDERFUL!! Thank you for sharing this with us. Roxanne xxx

it had to be women that came up with that idea after the army and fire rescues had failed lol

Crumbs, that's humbling: the horses being saved by their own kind, in effect. Wow, fantastic footage. Thank you for telling us about it. x

I dont normally have any volume on my comp but I turned it up to listen and think the music was very apt.

The video made me cry, what a beautiful thing to do. Its wonderful to watch.

i avent looked yet as puters slow and i fear i may take too long getting back here but im so glad to hear they were rescued , and it took the motherly instinct of women to think how to do it, horses are usually good swimmers though im suprised they never tried for it, glad they are safe

Fantastic! Thanks LLC - I'm in tears now lol! Debby

Thanks for sharing that still got a lump in my throat Germaine x

Have updated the thread title Sorry all It is rather touching isnt it?

Tiddler has made me play it twice so far , glad they made it

Oh my gawd l've been sobbing,(happy sobs though) that was truely beautiful, thank you:o))) jude sarf wales:o) x

Thank you so much for this, I shed many tears of joy for those wonderful creatures. Debs x

Just watched it, so glad they made it and so sad for the ones that had died. Yes, did need the tissues!! ..lol Jxx

Thanks LLC so much, it is just downloading now on to our very slow puter!! I adore horses, Caz xxxxxx

i just cant stop watching it,its just so fantastic,Ive posted it on another site too,hope you dont mind:-)

LLc, This has made me realise what life is really all about, so incredibly beautiful, stunning, Caz xxxxxxxxxxx

That was great..sob sob lump in throat. lol Marion

Absolutely fabulous!! Thank you so much for posting this. I did need the tissues and my husband wants to record the music!! It must have been wonderful to see that unfold in person!