On 24th October our welfare team received a call from a walker who had spotted a young foal stressed and unable to stand. One particular lad who found the foal, removed his coat to wrap the foal in to keep him warm, despite freezing temperatures out on the moor in late afternoon, he reassured the clearly seriously poorly foal until our welfare team arrived.
SWEP would like to say a big thank you to the two lads who spent their afternoon making a very poorly foal comfortable in its last hours after a serious RTC injury. They went out of their way to ensure this foal received our help and then continued to aid our Welfare team once they were on sight - Much appreciated.
On arrival of the welfare team, it was obvious the foal needed emergency veterinary attention, immediately. Our welfare team arrived with thick warm rugs to keep the foal warm and well covered.
The vet was called and we waited 25 minutes which seemed like forever, the veterinarian concluded the foal was suffering severely through spinal damage from impact with a vehicle and the best course of action was to put him to sleep humanely by lethal injection.
The foals owner was informed and SWEP removed the foal from the moorland straight away.
Rest in peace little foal.
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