If you have to leave your horses during a fire, write your phone number on their hooves with permanent marker.
Take off all halters and rugs-these can burn/melt on your horse or get caught on trees/fences etc.
(Thanks to Doug Mills of Gisborne)
More information: stock-and-domestic-animals-in-a-bushfire
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This summary has been compiled from various sources by John Ross, in response to a thread on the Castlemaine Bushfire Help FaceBook group page.
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