This horse in Spain got a second chance after being abandoned and left to die.
Late in September, Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, a Spanish rescue organization for horses, posted the story of the newest addition on the group’s Facebook page. Like most of the animals at the facility, they don’t know much about this pony’s previous life but know it ended poorly.
In the post, the rescue center explained:
“At 7pm last night we received a call from Almoradi police about this poor pony, found abandoned on the streets of Algorfa.”
Not only was the pony abandoned, but he was tied up and in bad shape.
“He was tied to a tree with no food or water, with his head shoved in a bush to try and keep the flies out of his eyes.”
Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre let their followers know how the pony was doing the following morning:
“He looks to have a mountain of health issues, but for now at least is munching away happily in our stables, probably thinking he’s gone to heaven.”
The rescue center explained that:
“With this rescue, we now have 110 horses, ponies and donkeys in our care, six of them rescued in the past three months alone. It is heartbreaking, but we will do our best. To those of you who donate to us, this is where your money goes.”
In addition to this description of the new rescue, the center also posted a video that is certainly worth watching.
The video begins with one of the rescuers leading the pony of the trailer they used to bring him to his new home. A woman, presumably holding the camera, says:
“Here we have our newest rescue. Poor, poor little boy. He’s quite an old pony, he’s blind in the eye.”
The woman explains that they don’t know what happened exactly, but can tell that the pony had an eye infection that went untreated.
“His other eye also has a problem so we don’t know how much he can actually see.”
As the camera pans over the pony’s body, where you can see his ribs sticking out, she continues: “He’s severely malnourished.”
Then, as the man starts to lead the pony somewhere, the woman points out an issue with his hind legs. Even those unfamiliar with horses can tell that he is walking funny. The woman continues to detail his condition, after a disappointed sigh, saying that he is “seriously dehydrated.”
She then explains their plan:
“We’re just going to get him in a stable tonight. Give him some food. Give him some water. […] And then formulate a cunning plan.”
The woman then explains some of the information in the caption, such as how the police told them about the pony and the condition they found him in. She mentions that they are already very full at the rescue but will find somewhere to put him. At the end of the video, she concludes:
“I am so so glad that we are able to help these little guys. I really am. It’s heartbreaking when you see this sort of thing, really is. I’m just so happy that we can do something to give him a chance. To just give him a home.”
Keeping up with recent news from Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre is fairly easy, as it is very active on Facebook.
There, you can find pictures of most of the rescued equines.
Earlier this month, the group posted a link to the article on the rescued pony in question from The Dodo, thanking the site for sharing the story.
Prior to that, the rescue organization made a follow-up post about the rescued pony.
By that point, which was a few weeks after his rescue, they knew more about his condition. They estimate he is around 20 years old and explained that the odd walk is due to a neurological disorder that was due to a “severe blow to the neck that left two of his vertebrae broken.”
They also asked for name suggestions, so we should expect to see more of this pony in the future, complete with a new name to accompany his new, happy life.
At 7pm last night we received a call from Almoradí police about this poor pony, found abandoned on the streets of Algorfa. He was tied to a tree with no food or water, with his head shoved in a bush to try and keep the flies out of his eyes. Poor little sod. He looks to have a mountain of health issues, but for now at least is munching away happily in our stables, probably thinking he’s gone to heaven. With this rescue, we now have 110 horses, ponies and donkeys in our care, six of them rescued in the past three months alone. It is heartbreaking, but we will do our best. To those of you who donate to us, this is where your money goes.
Posted by Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre on Friday, September 22, 2017
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