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Firefighters save 72 pigs after slurry tank floor collapses.

Authors :
Case, Philip
Source :
Farmers Weekly. 8/3/2018, p19-19. 1p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The article discusses farmer Nigel Grant has thanked firefighters after they saved several pigs that had fallen into a slurry tank on a farm in Northern Ireland. It mentions that firefighters from the animal rescue teams wore breathing apparatus and used rescue lines to pull the pigs from the slurry pit; and as monitors were used throughout the incident to monitor gas levels from the slurry.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00148474
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Farmers Weekly
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
131069652