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A horse broke loose before a Santa Fe, New Mexico, parade on Sunday, triggering a chase that required motorcycle cops, drone operators, and professional cowboys to bring the animal home in time for the procession to start. The horse fled just before the Desfile de La Gente parade was set to begin, UPI reported. The […] The post Runaway horse bolts through Santa Fe before police and cowboys wrangle it back for parade appeared first on American Almanac .
A horse broke loose before a Santa Fe, New Mexico, parade on Sunday, triggering a chase that required motorcycle cops, drone operators, and professional cowboys to bring the animal home in time for the procession to start. The horse fled just before the Desfile de La Gente parade was set to begin, UPI reported . The Santa Fe Police Department scrambled a response that read more like a small-scale tactical operation than a typical animal call: motorcycle officers, bicycle officers, animal services personnel, and drone operators all deployed to track and contain a single spooked horse loose on city streets. Professional cowboys were recruited to help with the chase. The department did not say how those cowboys were contacted or how quickly…Open