A prize-fighting ox was rescued after getting stuck in a muddy swamp for two days.<br /><br />The stud, worth 25,000GBP having competed in fights before retiring and covering hundreds of cows, stumbled into the pit in Trang, southern Thailand on Monday (February 3) afternoon.<br /><br />Owner Prasert Inthrawiset, 70, rushed to the scene after neighbours told him the next day that the animal was stranded in the palm grove.<br /><br />He gathered ten friends to help him rescue the animal, named Dang, but after three hours they were still unable to drag the heavy ox out.<br /><br />The pensioner contacted the rescue team for the help and they brought a crane with a pulley attached.<br /><br />They successfully retrieved the exhausted old ox from the mud pit, where it had been struggling to break free during the night.<br /><br />He said: "Dang used to be a champion in the bullfight ring. I bought him to be a stud in my farm for a million baht (24,668 GBP) after he retired.''<br /><br />Prasert added that even though he bought the ox for breeding purposes, he felt love towards his animal and wanted to take care of him.<br /><br />He said: "From now on I will be more careful when letting him eat grass alone in the field because I love him and want him to stay with me as long as possible.<br /><br />"He is quite old now if he happens to get stuck in the mud again I do not know if he will survive.''
