Don and Carol Ivey Ratcliffe, who live in Ontario, Canada, began looking for their homebred 3-year-old Paso Fino filly named Kayla at feeding time one morning, but were unable to find her. Finally they heard the filly whinny and found her trapped in a hole under a 1,200-pound metal feed bin in freezing cold temperatures. The owners exhausted their options within an hour and called in the local fire department, who managed to save the freezing filly using the jaws of life.

The filly’s story came to light and was covered online at orilliapacket.com. There is a photo of the filly and her rescuers

Veterinarian Tai DeLuna was quoted in the story as saying, “I can’t imagine a horse surviving that. She had a 1-in-10-million chance.”

Ratcliffe tried pulling the filly out with ropes and a tractor, and tried lifting the metal feed bin, but all to no avail. They wrapped the filly in blankets to try and keep her warm