CRUISING in Canada won’t restart in earnest until the start of the northern spring next year – but a cowboy in British Columbia is getting a head start. Torrential rains battered much of the province over the weekend, and Hank Chillihitzia was part of a community effort that rallied around...
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CRUISING in Canada won’t restart in earnest until the start of the northern spring next year – but a cowboy in British Columbia is getting a head start.
Torrential rains battered much of the province over the weekend, and Hank Chillihitzia was part of a community effort that rallied around a farmer who was concerned when a herd of horses became stranded in fast-moving floodwater.
More accustomed to wrangling livestock on horseback, Chillihitzia decided to jump into a motorboat to get the animals moving to higher ground.
Despite currents of up to 60km/h he managed to herd the 29 horses safely through the freezing waters to safety, admitting in an interview on CBC Radio “that’s my first time doing that in a boat”.
“I knew if we didn’t do anything then, yeah, my heart probably would have shattered in two billion pieces,” he added.
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