Crews from Alachua County Fire Rescue and Newberry Fire Rescue extricated a calf partially submerged in a cave on Saturday morning.
Courtesy of ACFREmergency responders rescued a calf partially submerged in water in a cave in Newberry on Saturday.
According to an Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) release, a ranch owner notified Newberry Fire Rescue (NFR) at 9:15 a.m. of a calf in a hole.
NFR contacted ACFR for assistance and ACFR responded with its technical rescue team to assist in extricating the newborn calm.
The ranch owner told emergency responders that the calf was born Wednesday evening and had been in the cave since Friday.
Crews used a rope haul system to extricate the calf and rescuer. According to the release, the calf was cold and weak but rebounded when reunited with his mother.
Holy cow.