Pictures: Bull rescued from slurry pit
A bull had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a slurry tank at a farm near Whitchurch.
Firefighters trained in animal rescue were called to Weston, Prees Green, near Whitchurch, at about 9.15am today to rescue the two-year-old animal called Joey.
Fire crews from Prees and Wellington were called to the scene which used large animal rescue experiment to free the bull.
It took about an hour to rescue the animal which was given the all clear after being checked over by a vet.
Darren Smith, watch manager for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "Apparently the farm has got a wall which is from the hardstanding to the slurry tank.
"At some point over night or in the early hours of the morning the bull had leant against the wall which gave away and caused the animal to fall in.
"When we got there they had tried to walk the bull out of the pit themselves but that didn't work.
"We had a specialist animal rescue team from Wellington on the scene who used a rescue harness.
"We managed to lift it out onto the hardstanding and release it into the pen.
"A vet was in attendance and checked him over but they didn't have to sedate the animal. It was quite a sedate animal anyway."
He added: "After the rescue team attended the operation took about an hour."
In August firefighters had to rescue a cow which became stuck in a ditch in Myddle, near Wem.
Crews spent more than an hour and a half rescuing the cow from the ditch.
