The tasks of fire personnel are many and varied, which in the case of La Herradura translates to rescuing goats from swimming pools.

This was the case last month when a kid (young goat) found itself trapped at the bottom of an abandoned swimming pool on the Urbanización Cármenes del Mar on Cerro Gordo.

A resident of the said urbanización contacted the Almuñécar fire station to explain the plight of the young animal which was trapped in a pool with about half a metre of water in it.

Whilst some of the crew herded the animal along the pool, another two waited to grab it and swing it out – one fireman hung onto his companion as he leant in to get a hold on the frightened animal.

How the kid got into the pool in the first place is probably the result of looking for water to drink.

(News: Herradura, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)