You might have seen it on television—those daring rescues where a horse is lifted from a ravine by helicopter, pulled out of a raging river, or returned to safe ground after being bogged down in mud. These rescues might awe television audiences, but how do emergency personnel know what to do?

In three separate seminars sponsored by Hagyard-Davidson-McGee veterinary clinic on Oct. 22, 23, and 26, veterinarians, rescue personnel, and the public were invited to learn basic concepts of large animal rescue, vehicular rescue involving horses, transport of recumbent horses, and mud rescue. About 40 veterinarians, 150 rescue personnel, 120 clients of Hagyard-Davidson-McGee, and 100 others gathered at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., for the hands-on seminar