Foal at death’s door is nursed back to health

A severely neglected and emaciated horse that was on the verge of death has recuperated thanks to its rescuers.

The foal, with maggot-ridden gaping wounds, had been seized by Animal Welfare in June and taken under the wing of RMJ’s Horse Rescue.

The NGO has managed to slowly nurse it back to health after pledging to do everything to give it the best chance possible.

Named Baby, the 10-month-old horse had arrived “literally on the brink of death, let down by humans but still with the gentlest of characters”, RMJ’s president, Korin Farrugia said.“All the odds were against him, yet, he gave it his best shot,” she said.

A shadow of himself, the horse was heavily undernourished, underweight andunderdeveloped – his legs were still bent despite his age. He had two deep injuries, one roughly the size of a fist, that were infected with maggots and required serious medical attention.

Baby the foal was so weak it could not get up. Photo: RMJ Horse Rescue

RMJ Horse Rescue maintained it must have taken months of severe neglect for the foal to reach that state.

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