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Ombre 'doing very well' after dramatic rescue
Owner has warning for 'pranksters'
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Newton County Firefighters rescued a stranded horse Sunday
Thanks to quick-thinking neighbors and the Newton County Fire Service, Ombre the horse was saved from near certain death Sunday after an apparent prank gone awry left him trapped in a creek. John Zwemer and his wife, Esther, were taking their English mastiff for his “daily constitutional” on their River Cove Rd. property when they heard an unfamiliar whinny coming from the woods. The Zwemers, who have a horse farm, immediately recognized one of their neighbor’s horses in their pasture, and followed the sounds of distress to the second animal that was stuck up to his neck in the mud of the