On Friday, January 23rd, 2009 @ 4:20pm, MERS responded at the request of a veterinarin to assist them with a pony that was down in a pasture. The pony had an altercation with a horse and had been down for approximately 30 minutes. Upon our arrival…... Read more >

On January 17th, 2009, MERS responded to our 4th call of the year. MERS received a call from the Franklin County Dispatch to assist Boles Fire Department. The horse was removed from the top of the pond, and MERS stood by to further assess and eval…... Read more >

MERS responded to their first call of 2009 on January 2nd, for a horse that was down in a pasture. The call came to MERS from a veterinarian who was on the scene. It was theorized that the horse possibly slipped on the slick pasture, and could hav…... Read more >

On Saturday, January 10th, MERS responded to a horse that was down in a small outside fenced area adjacent to the barn. The horse had been down for some time, and was shivering. The temperature was below 30 degrees, it was snowing very lightly, an…... Read more >

On the evening of Sunday, December 21st, MERS responded to a call @ 8:00pm to the Innsbrook Village Stables, just south of Wright City, Mo.  The outside temperature was 4 degrees, with a wind chill of  negative 15 degrees. We deployed pe…... Read more >

MERS and HSMO respond to cattle truck overturned with 62 bulls on board. This is one year to the day of last year’s horrific I-44 horse trailer accident. For news coverage of this event go to www.myfoxstl.com, then type in "Cattle Truck"…... Read more >

MERS trains on a regular basis with our Mud Rescue Equipment. What many people do not realize, is that when a horse (or a person) is stuck in the mud, normally they are not stuck from the mud, but rather the suction that is created from being in t…... Read more >