A horse’s sadness over her stillborn foal was soon replaced with pleasure when an orphaned foal entered her life.
A Friesian horse named Queen Uniek resides in the Netherlands. She was expecting her first kid, but as she went into labor, she realized something wasn’t right.
She suddenly became restless.
The horse was strutting around in her barn and flaring her lips, clearly showing signs of anxiety.
Yvonne, her owner, stayed at her side and soothed her with scratches and sweet talks.
About an hour later, Uniek eventually gave birth to her child, but the vets who helped with the delivery discovered the foal wasn’t breathing. Although they made every effort to resuscitate it, it was soon obvious that the infant wouldn’t make it.
Uniek’s foal unfortunately didn’t make it.
The poor mom continued to lick the lifeless foal, perhaps in an attempt to revive it, but her efforts were ineffective.
Eventually, the foal was removed from the stable, but Yvonne remained to console the distraught mother.
The horse, who had lost her foal, was devastated and continued circling the area in search of it. The animal was obviously suffering greatly from both physical and mental distress.
She didn’t do so well for a few days.
Then, Yvonne’s buddy contacted her to inform her that they were taking care of an orphaned foal by the name of Rising Star.
They weren’t certain, though, if Uniek would agree to take care of the foal of another horse.
They put Rising Star in a vehicle and drove him to the farm since there was nothing else they could do except try.
A moment of high hopes
Everyone hoped that the horse would take the foal in and make it her own. After all, they had both lost their families and needed each other.
When the foal was first introduced to Uniek by the staff, they fell in love right away. The horse gave the visitor a loving sniff, and Rising Star reciprocated.
Yvonne could see the older horse was thrilled to take care of Rising Star as her own when she performed a little dance and licked the foal.
It was love at first sight.
“It was a very special moment. I never thought this would happen. We knew instantly that Uniek accepted Rising Star,” Yvonne recounted.
The following day, when Yvonne went to see their stable, she saw that Uniek had grown quite possessive of Rising Star.
The two have been inseparable ever since.
Uniek shows her maternal urge to protect her young by following Rising Star wherever he goes. Rising Star is always the happiest horse whenever Yvonne takes the two horses out to the field.
Like any young animal, the foal plays and runs around. Uniek observes the child carefully the entire time. She restrains him from going too far.
Uniek loves Rising Star like her own. Although they both came from unfortunate circumstances, they still ended up in one that’s absolutely beautiful.
See Uniek and Rising Star save each other in the video below!
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