Three incidents involving horses in four years was enough to prompt to the Carbon County Animal Response Team (CART) to host its first-ever large animal rescue training Saturday in Lehighton.

Almost 20 volunteers, split between the Carbon and Lehigh Valley CART teams, gathered on Chapel Field to practice two emergency in-field rescue scenarios, both of which involved saving between 800-to-900-pound horses.The horses were mannequins donated by Penn State University.“We do see some large animal incidents in Carbon County,” said Michele Beckett, of Carbon CART. “We can be activated by 9-1-1 dispatchers, for example, if animals are involved in a fire or a tractor-trailer topples over in an accident. Any time there is a rescue needed, we can be called into action.”Saturday’s scenarios included hauling and lifting the horses.For more on the training, read the Times News print edition.