Thame fire service rescue trapped cow in Oxfordshire

A crew from Thame Fire Station attended a call-out to help the trapped animal on Monday night.

The cow had become wedged between two posts – though neither the owner nor its rescuers could work out how it got there.

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A vet was in attendance and sedated the animal so that the crew could safely cut through one of the posts to release the cow.

The cow was freed after being trapped between two posts (Image: Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service) The service’s Rescue Tender, a large vehicle based at Kidlington Fire Station which carries specialist equipment and is crewed by a highly trained team designed to respond to challenging rescue incidents, was also at the scene.

The Thame Fire Station in Nelson Street, Thame, has an on-call crew and is not staffed 24-hours a day, but provides emergency responses, fire safety and other services.

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