The Horse
Trust Speen, Buckinghamshire
Gladys (KH10) one of the donkeys rescued from Spindles Farm in January 2008
This is a photograph of Gladys
and I taken on 9th April 2008. She was rescued from the horrors of
Spindles Farm Hyde Heath, and was so weak when she arrived at the Horse
Trust that she had to be lifted off the transporter, and was unable to
stand for two days. On the third day she was able to stand with the help
of three people, but it took 10 days before she was able to stand
unaided.
she arrived with matted fur, a dreadlocked mane and was alive with lice
and peppered with scabs and bruises. She had a body condition score of 1
when she arrived and weighed only 146kg, she has put on 105kg within
four months of arriving (72% of her original body weight).
She showed no clinical evidence of disease so her inability to stand
unaided was a said to be a result of starvation alone. Gladys has now
fully recovered and is very popular with visitors to The Horse Trust.
Gladys and I getting ready to be interviewed by Mike Ramsden of BBC London News