Wednesday, 11 October 2017 08:05

No watery grave

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It's not every day a fireman gets a call to rescue cows from a water reservoir.

But such a call was taken last month by New Zealand Fire and Emergency; two cows managed to keep afloat for an hour inside a water tank before being rescued.

The cows got into their predicament while walking on the roof of a hillside water reservoir in Ormond, north of Gisborne, which collapsed under their weight.

Officers had to use sledgehammers to bash a hole in the concrete side, drain the water then bring the cows to safety.

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