Abandonded Foal Roaming The A30 Near Bolventor

This little foal found itself roaming an extremely busy stretch of the A30 near Bolventor in Cornwall. The police had been called two nights in a row as the foal had caused a number of near miss accidents, one such involved an articulated lorry that jack knifed.

The foal was eventually caught and moved to a near by livery yard and we were contacted by Devon and Cornwall police, who asked us if we could take the foal in. We agreed and collected her the following morning, when we arrived she was very frightened but unharmed. Our Welfare Team calmly loaded her onto the horsebox and took her back to the rehabilitation yard.

She is around two months old and although she is able to eat solids she still needs regular feeds of milk. She has been named Verity and she will now receive all the care, love and attention she needs and deserves.

We have received information that a meat dealer may be responsible for dumping the foal after buying her mother at a near by market the previous weekend. If this is true this person endangered the lives of road users and this foal, if anyone has any information regarding how this young filly came to find herself on this busy stretch of road please do not hesitate to call our welfare Team on 01822 854823/ 07717311251/ 07990823864 or contact the police on 101 quoting log number 631250913.