Residents Have Chance of Recovery
The Horse Trust has taken a leading role in providing sanctuary for many of the horses removed from a Buckinghamshire farm by the RSPCA. Ten young colts and geldings and one blind dun mare were brought to the Trust's Home of Rest for Horses for emergency veterinary and nutritional assessment and care following their removal from the Amersham farm last weekend. Three donkeys also came from the farm, a jenny (female) with a six-month-old foal at foot and another female.
All the animals were grossly emaciated and, it appeared, had been deprived of food and water for some time. They were found tied up in small pens, standing in their own excrement and among other already dead equines. They are also suffering with overgrown feet but, at the moment, are too scared to be treated by the farrier - although this will be done as soon as possible.
"They are already responding to treatment and we are seeing progress on a daily basis," says chief executive and resident veterinary surgeon Paul Jepson. "We have taken nasal swabs from all the animals to exclude the possibility of infectious diseases and, until the results of those tests are received, we shall be keeping them in isolation as a group."
The animals at the Trust include a palomino, a number of coloured horses (skewbald and piebald) a grey and several chestnuts.
Sadly, many animals at the farm had to be euthanized on site and could not be taken to sanctuary. Other animals in better condition have today been placed in the care of The Horse Trust and other equine charities.
Donations are gratefully received.
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