A male foal was rescued Wednesday evening in unincorporated Alameda County by firefighters who were tipped off to the lost horse by a resident, Alameda County Fire Department officials said.
A person stopped by a Castro Valley fire station to tell firefighters about the young horse, which was in a housing tract off Crow Creek Road near the station.
Firefighters responded and found the horse scared, dehydrated and weak, according to fire officials.
#CastroValley: Yesterday PM, #ALCOFire E-6 located a lost male baby horse off Crow Creek Rd. https://t.co/p5e3dW1s1O pic.twitter.com/CXEofP5xWO — Alameda County Fire (@AlamedaCoFire) August 11, 2016
Three firefighters calmed and secured the horse. The firefighters then called officials with the Alta Vista Equestrian Center, who responded and took the foal to a Hayward ranch, fire officials said.
