Marvin
Unknown · Senior · 12 years
Marvin2014 | Piebald | Gypsy Cob | Under 14.2hhSponsoring a pony like Marvin means you are making a commitment to helping us, help unwanted colt foals who are abandoned and left for dead. This is a serious aspect of horse welfare in the UK and one that will sadly need interventions from charities like ours for the foreseeable future.The story so far...Marvin came to us as a desperate 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 others, who we named Doogie and Donald.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
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