Dashing through the snow: Town unites to rescue trapped horses

"It was just a week before Christmas when two starving horses were discovered in the rugged mountains of the B.C. Interior - hip bones protruding, backs blanketed in ice, weakened bodies teetering between life and death.

Logan Jeck, 21, came upon the pair while retrieving two tourists' snowmobiles in the snow-covered terrain. He went home and told his father, David.

David Jeck, a horse owner, sent his daughter back the next day with two things: a .44 Magnum rifle and a bale of hay.

'If they look like they're in distress, put them down,' Mr. Jeck instructed his daughter, Toni. 'If they look like they're able to survive, feed them.'" Read more

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