Drones and search dog find missing elderly pony stuck – and invisible – 12 feet deep in blackthorn hedge

The owner of an elderly pony who got himself stuck 12 feet deep – and completely out of sight – in blackthorn has paid tribute to the volunteers who came to his rescue, saying he would probably have died in there without them.

Ben, a 26-year-old Welsh section A belonging to Sue Wright, was found thanks to DroneSAR for Lost Dogs IoW, the Isle of Wight branch of the national service for reuniting animals and owners. He has now fully recovered from his ordeal.

“I can’t praise them enough,” Sue told H&H.