 CTV News has obtained dramatic video showing a number of horses being rescued from a frozen dugout in northern Alberta over the weekend. “It is one of the more difficult ones that our crews have had to deal with,” Trevor Grant, Fire Chief of the County of Grande Prairie’s regional fire service said. About 35 regional firefighters and members of a search and rescue team responded to the call about 65 kilometres west of Grande Prairie, which came in at around 4:15 p.m. So they’re not the docile horses that are standard riding horses.” 
 
 Rescuers used chainsaws and other tools to cut a path through the ice, allowing most of the horses to walk to safety. “Fortunately we do have people that are trained in this type of rescue, so it helped reduce that risk.” 
 
 Grant said the type of horses that fell through the thin ice also made the entire rescue more challenging.
– Dozens of firefighters and rescue crew risked their own safety to save 10 horses that fell through the ice Sunday in Canada—and it was all caught on video, CBC reports. After the horses fell through the thinning ice in northern Alberta, rescuers had to use chainsaws to cut a path back to the shore before using boards and slings to get the horses to dry land. Rescuers were at risk not only from the cold temperatures and thin ice, but from the frantic animals, which were "wild broncing" horses used in rodeos and not domesticated, according to CTV News. All 10 horses were removed from the water after two hours, though three later died. "To rescue seven was a great feat, especially when having such a large number in the water," a local fire chief tells CBC.