Donald
Unknown · Senior · 12 years
Donald2014 | Skewbald | Gypsy Cob | Under 14.2hhSponsoring a pony like Donald means you are making a commitment to helping us, help unwanted foals who are abandoned and left for dead.This was a serious aspect of the horse welfare crisis in the UK and one that will need intervention from charities like ours for years to come.The story so far...Donald came to us as a distressed colt foal, discovered by one of Northumberland County Council’s Animal Welfare Team. He had been abandoned – left tied to the railings of a derelict school, with two other foals, later named Doogie and Marvin.It was a freezing wet night in December when three cold and wet, hungry little ragamuffins arrived.Their filthy, matted coats barely disguised their skeletal little bodies. Riddled with lice and suffering from a heavy roundworm burden, they quickly lay down together in the deep straw bed, munching quietly on hay. It’s always good for the team at times like this, to know they have found a bit of horsey heaven.Foals in this state, having been weaned from their dam (mother), at 4-6 months of age and never been de-wormed, swiftly become malnourished. They barely weigh more than the day they were born. It is v
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