{"id":12261,"date":"2022-10-04T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/?p=12261"},"modified":"2022-10-04T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:14:02","slug":"firefighters-helped-to-save-a-cow-stuck-in-mud-up-to-its-neck-in-kyneton-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/featured\/2022\/10\/04\/firefighters-helped-to-save-a-cow-stuck-in-mud-up-to-its-neck-in-kyneton-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Moo-ving rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Firefighters helped to save a cow stuck in mud up to its neck in Kyneton on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four CFA units from Arthurs Creek, Tylden and Kyneton were called to the scene at a Greenway Lane property about 11.51am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macedon Ranges Shire Council was also on scene and made heavy machinery available for any potential rescue operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the tough, muddy terrain, firefighters worked together to devise a plan that would free the cow from the mud in the safest way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A local vet was called to the scene to sedate the cow so crews could safely dig around it and fit a sling underneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cow was pulled from the mud and moved to safety on firmer ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cow was alive when it was handed back into the care of the farmer at 3.30pm, however it was still sedated at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rescue follows days of rainfall in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Cow2-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12264\" width=\"510\" height=\"372\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters helped to save a cow stuck in mud up to its neck in Kyneton on Thursday. Four CFA units&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":12262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,14,12,15],"tags":[101,4505,46,108],"class_list":["post-12261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-latest","category-local-news","category-latest-news","tag-cfa","tag-cow","tag-kyneton","tag-macedon-ranges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12265,"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12261\/revisions\/12265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}