Lame Foal Near Middlemoor

We received a call from a worried dog walker about a piebald foal who was lame, our welfare assistant went out to assess. On arrival the foal was lying down with a large group of ponies, when it stood up it could be seen that his front nearside pastern was swollen and he was reluctant to weight bear on it. Our welfare assistant spoke to the foals owner who was aware of the problem and explained that the foal had been lame on and off for a couple of weeks and he was monitoring it. He wanted to wait for the drift in two weeks to take the foal off the moor to prevent anymore excess stress to the youngster and its mother. Our welfare assistant was not 100% happy with this and decided to seek further advice from our welfare officer. We are currently trying to come to a solution with the foals welfare our priority.

 

 

* We are disappointed to report this foal was made to wait for the annual drift to be taken off the moor, we do not know his outcome.