Trapped cow rescued from milking parlour
Specialist animal rescue crews had to be called in after a cow got stuck in a milking parlour.
Fire crews were called to a dairy farm in Aldford Road, Huntington, Chester, at 4.17pm on Saturday (5 March).
They found a cow trapped in the rotary parlour pit after it had fallen from a milking unit at the farm.
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© Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
A vet sedated the cow and the farm owner disabled the milk machine.
The electrics were isolated.
Fire crews removed the cow from the parlour using lines and straps.
© Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
It is understood the animal was not seriously injured.
A fire engine from Chester and the rope rescue unit including a supporting fire engine from Knutsford, Cheshire, were required for the operation.