Our welfare officer received a call early on a Saturday morning reporting a young foal that had collapsed in Drakes leat near Clearbrook. On arrival she found the foal, its mother was present and she was nudging the baby in an attempt to get it to stand. She assessed the situation and it was concluded the foal was more than likely sick and the owner was traced and called. He arrived shortly after along with his trailer. Initially he said the foal was just tired because of the amount of crab flies and the heat, however our welfare officer disagreed and asked the owner to remove the mare and foal and treat it accordingly. The farmer finally agreed to do this and between them the pair were loaded onto the trailer and taken away.
The mare has since been seen on the down minus its foal.
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