OUR NEW GIRL ELEKTRA
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A man in his car behind a cart pulled by a tiny mare is waiting for the traffic light to turn green, suddenly the mare collapsed in the middle of the street causing chaos. The teenagers who were riding in the cart started beating the poor girl very hard to force her to stand up but she simply couldn't. Thanks to the campaigns we have done to stop horse maltreatment and to instruct people what to do in cases like this, this good man dialled 101 and called the police and he also called us. The police arrived in less that 10 minutes, helped the poor mare up and took her to the precinct with a lot of difficulty; she was exhausted, in a lot of pain due to the brutal beatings, she was terribly weak, thirsty, and hungry and could hardly walk. The Police took the teenagers into custody. We arrived at Precinct # 2 - downtown - where this angel had been taken. The vet had already seen her and had written the report. We pressed formal charges against the teenagers and the Mounted Police took Elektra to precinct # 7 where we take all of our rescued horses for some weeks until blood tests are completed and the veterinarian of the police can check them every day. During their stay at the police precinct we go every day to take food, to walk them and above all to make them feel cared and loved for the first time in their lives. Elektra, that is the name we have given her, will remain at the precinct for some weeks and then she will come to live at our sanctuary where she will be loved and cared for and where she will have other horses to get to know and have fun with. |
Elektra is standing, but she is so weak and tired from hauling heavy loads she is ready to collapse again. She is about two years old, but due to maltreatment and hunger she looks like an old mare.
Severe wounds due to the heavy harness that is used to tie the horses to the carts...wounds like these must be treated a quickly as possible or they become infected with maggots.
Elektra looking very sad next to one of the officers who was involved in her rescue.
Elektra on her way to a new life
Our commendation to officers from the K-Nine and Mounted Division and the Stolen Cattle Division.
