Abandoned Stallion Injured in Fight Near Pondworthy

Our welfare officer was called out to assess a stallion who is believed to have been abandoned and who was involved in fights with moorland stallions. He was covered in bite and kick marks, his hoof was cracked and he had an abscess on his side and he was very frightened. He was drifted into a near by field, with permission of the land owner, and loaded onto a box and moved to a safe haven where he was treated by a vet and given food and water. He will stay at this safe haven to recover and build some strength, he is very underweight and timid. Once he is ready he will castrated and moved to our rehabilitation yard, where we will work on him in preparation for re homing.

UPDATE - We have named this stallion Raven, his abscess has now drained and is healing well. He has been wormed and his other wounds are looking much better. He is eating well and responding to humans.