Two miniature horses killed in bee attack
Two miniature horses stimulate got died inward North Texas inward an assail yesteryear a bee swarm.
Their owner, Kristen Beauregard, was likewise badly stung inward the assail on Midweek inward Miller Lane, Pantego, inward Tarrant County, close the urban essence of Arlington.
Authorities suspect the aggressive swarm comprised africanized bees, a hybrid of Western in addition to African honeybees.
Beauregard was working inward her yard alongside her six-year-old miniature horse, Chip, when the bees attacked. Nothing, it seemed, had provoked them.
The twain were severely stung in addition to headed for the property’s swimming pool, merely the bees continued to sting the pair, alongside Beauregard maxim she was stung nigh the confront each fourth dimension she came upwards for air.
Her immature human heard her cries for assist in addition to brought her inside, where he called emergency services.
Police Chief Thomas Griffith told told NBC 5: “I’ve been inward Pantego for 26 years, in addition to this is the kickoff fourth dimension I’ve seen anything similar this.”
Firefighters used foam to repel the bees every bit paramedics in addition to constabulary officers went to the assist of Chip in addition to unopen to other miniature named Trump, likewise owned yesteryear Beauregard.
The horses were given oxygen in addition to epinephrine injections inward a bid to command their reaction to the multiple stings.
Chip died from his stings that day. Trump died the side yesteryear side 24-hour interval afterwards beingness taken to a veterinarian clinic.
A hive, estimated to hold upwards dwelling to nigh 30,000 bees, was located inward a shed nigh 25 metres from where Beauregard in addition to her horses were attacked. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bee specialist removed it.
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