Fire crews rescue two cows from 15ft slurry pit

Firefighters have rescued two cows after they fell into a slurry pit on a farm in Dorset.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said the animals fell into a 4.5m-deep pit at the farm in Mannington, near Wimborne, and were found up to the their necks in slurry.

The rescue got under way at about 1.30pm on Friday 26 January.

A fire crew from Verwood and a specialist crew from Poole used strops and the farmer’s telehandler to hoist the cows to safety.

The farmer moved the rest of his herd to a nearby field to create a safe working space for the firefighters.