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Anderson Sling-placing injured horse in sling on December 07, 2009

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MERS Responds to 2 Call Outs on Christmas Eve 2009

MERS received 2 call outs within 15 minutes of each other on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2009.
The first call came in @ 1:55pm for a horse down in a stall in the Hillsboro, Mo. area.
The second call came in @ 2:10pm while we were responding to…... Read more >

MERS-Horse Down in Frozen Pasture-December 20, 2009

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MERS received a call @ 12:18am for a horse that was down in a frozen pasture. It was not known what caused the horse to go down, so we requested that a veterinarina respond as well. Upon our arrival, it was told to us that the horse had been down …... Read more >

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MERS-Anderson Sling-Horse Down/Transported December 07, 2009

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MERS received a call on December 07, 2009 from a veterinarian, for a horse that was down and needed urgent attention to be transported to a veterinary hospital for in depth evaluations and urgent care. Upon our arrival, we immediately placed our h…... Read more >

MERS-Horse Down in Barn Labadie, Mo. December 06, 2009

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MERS responded to a call from a veterinarian who was on the scene of a horse that was found down, and out in the main aisle of a barn. Upon our arrival, the veterinarian was administering IV fluids to the horse. The horse had been down for several…... Read more >

MERS-Horse Down in Pasture-St. Jacob, Illinois December 03, 2009

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MERS responded on Thursday December 03, for a horse that was was down in a pasture, and could not get up on it’s own. We were called after 2 different veterinarians had evaluated the horse, and requested our services to get the horse safely transp…... Read more >

October 14th, 2009-Rockwood Valley Middle School

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On Wednesday, October 14th, MERS was invited to attend Rockwood Valley’s Community Service Day. There were 4-15 minute sessions with 35 students in each session. MERS explained what we are all about, our training, how we provide a very valuable se…... Read more >

July 8th, 2009-MERS Responds to Mount Vernon, Illinois

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On Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, MERS responded to our 28th call of the year for a horse that was found down in a pasture. MERS responded @ 3:30pm. This was 110 miles from the MERS home base to the scene. The owner had erected a portable tent, and ha…... Read more >

June 25th, 2009-MERS Responds to Knox County

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On Thursday, June 25th, MERS responded to Hurdland, Mo. in Knox County at the request of The Knox County Sheriff’s Department and The Humane Society of Missouri. Due to the fact that this is a very serious and on going investigation, we can only r…... Read more >