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Cows saved after falling 15 feet down farm's slurry pit in Dorset

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said the cows had been submerged to their neck in the slurry pit

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Firefighters at the scene of the incident in Mannington to help save two cows which had fallen down a slurry pit (Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service)
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Firefighters at the scene of the incident in Mannington to help save two cows which had fallen down a slurry pit (Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service)

Two cows have been rescued after falling 15-feet deep into a slurry pit at a farm in Mannington. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said the incident had taken place at 1.27pm on Friday (January...

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