[Animals] Hampshire's 20 years of animal rescue

[GL HERO SHIMA]

A fire and rescue service says it has helped develop national standards and protocols after 20 years of animal rescue.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service recognised in 2004, the lack of formal procedures for helping animals who found themselves in tricky situations.

So a small team of firefighters formed a new unit to provide specialist advice.

Over the last two decades, the service has rescued a cow from a swimming pool, a python stuck in a car and a badger who used a cat flap to enter a house.

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