The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) was based in 1824. Since then, the charity has saved over 144,000 lives.
Although the RNLI exists primarily to save lots of the lives of individuals at sea, the charity’s lifeboat crews do generally rescue animals at risk on or close to water, to forestall house owners or different members of the general public from moving into hazard by making an attempt to hold out a rescue themselves.
In 2022, 209 animals had been rescued by the RNLI. Over the years, the charity’s lifeboat crews have rescued animals together with cattle, deer, dogs, dolphins, sheep, cats, horses, birds, seals – and even a rabbit and a snake.
Did , horses have additionally performed an necessary function in RNLI historical past? They had been used to assist launch lifeboats in lots of places till 1936.