Yep, the horses have been rescued

Not sure if this weird news story made it to Oz - it seemed to make it onto plenty of other worldwide news broadcasts, so...

A group of 100 horses were left stranded on a tiny mud "island" on Tuesday last week after a massive storm pushed water outside the dyke area of Marrum (about 140kms north of Amsterdam).

Sadly, 19 either drowned or died of exposure, while the rest were left stranded for four days before they could be rescued. They looked pretty miserable all huddling together with their backs against the wind :-(

However, they were finally rescued yesterday after the water had subsided enough to allow 4 riders on horseback to wade out to the "island" and lead them all back to safety. Yay!

Alli xxx

PS Oh the irony! I just heard on the news tonight (06 November) that the horses rescued on Friday are owned by a guy who was breeding them specifically for the slaughter house. You can guess what will happen to them now that they have been returned to him........so much for the heartwarming human interest story :-/