Emaciated horse rescued from the Australian outback

A shockingly emaciated horse has been rescued from the Australian outback after a group of animal lovers walked her back to safety overnight.

The horse named Sherrie was found on Sunday afternoon in temperatures up to 45C wandering along a stretch of road about 17 kilometres out of the Goldfields town of Kookynie, in Western Australia.

Kalgoorlie woman Kristine Woods, her husband and two children made the shocking discovery while on their way out of town for a camping trip.

A shockingly emaciated horse has been rescued from the Australian outback after a group of animal lovers walked her back to safety overnight 

Kalgoorlie woman Kristine Woods, her husband and two children made the shocking discovery while on their way out of town for a camping trip 

‘We still don’t know where this horse has come from, but she definitely wasn’t a wild horse, she was definitely a station horse or something like that because she was so tame,’ Ms Woods told 7 News.

The Woods family drove to Kookynie’s Grand Hotel and asked the owner Kevin Pusey for help.

When they returned to check on the horse, she had disappeared.

But three hours later the group found Sherrie hiding from the sun under a tree.

They gave her food and water before leading her back to the road where a group with a horse float were waiting.

But half way through the 12-kilometre trek back to the pub Sherrie got scared and fell off the float.

So Mr Pusey and the group decided they would walk the horse back to the pub- a trip that took them six hours overnight. Sherrie got her name on the journey home.

The horse is recovering well is being looked after by Mr Pusey, who has another rescue horse.

The horse is recovering well is being looked after by Mr Pusey, who has another rescue horse