Article Excerpt:
A woman and her horse needed a rescue after they slipped down a cliff in the Angeles National Forest on Friday.
It took a helicopter from the County of Los Angeles Fire Department to hoist the 16-year-old horse named Dakota out of the remote canyon after it fell about 100 feet down the Santa Clara Truck Trail above the city of Sylmar.
The woman fell only about 50 feet and had only minor injuries to her leg, according to County of Los Angeles Fire officials. She was taken to a local hospital before crews rescued her horse.
She was traveling with her husband, but he was not injured. He managed to climb down to Dakota to keep him calm until he was rescued.
Analysis:
I find this example to be comedic at first glance. The idea is so simple; a harness and some rope tied to the injured animal, however it seems to perform its necessary functions; to transport the large injured animal to safety in a speedy, yet comfortable manner. pressure is alleviated from the horses legs, as the harness uses the horse’s body to secure the harness to. Though this idea works in a one-off situation, it seems as though it would not perform in a mass-casualty environment.
