A Razzle Dazzle tale: Stolen mare reunited with owner
A starving meaning mare rescued past times the RSPCA has been reunited alongside her possessor half-dozen years afterwards existence stolen.
The heavily meaning mare was in addition to thus sparse when rescued that her spine in addition to hip bones could live seen. She was infested alongside lice in addition to worms.
She was rescued from a plain inwards Bloxham, Oxfordshire, along alongside an emaciated foal which was at ‘death’s door’.
Incredibly, non solely did both ponies survive, but the meaning mare gave nascency to a salubrious foal.
A microchip scan revealed the mare had an owner.
Her owner, from Burnham, Buckinghamshire was stunned to live reunited alongside his pony, who was precisely 8 months erstwhile when stolen from his belongings inwards 2006.
The pony, who had been called Barbie but has right away reverted to her master advert of Dazzle, in addition to a nine-month-old foal, right away called Magpie, were seized past times constabulary inwards March this twelvemonth (2013) on the advice of a veterinary in addition to taken into RSPCA care.
RSPCA inspector Doug Davidson said: “The ponies were both starving, they merely did non cause got plenty to eat.
“The filly, Magpie, was in addition to thus emaciated she was inwards a country of collapse.
“She was literally at death’s door in addition to the vet did non intend she was going to survive. She was pose on a drip to rehydrate her in addition to fed piffling in addition to oft to gradually develop her dorsum up.
“It took half-dozen months in addition to a lot of honey in addition to attention for her to recover. She’s had an appalling kickoff to her curt life but right away she’s the pic of wellness in addition to is looking for a novel home.
“The mare was heavily pregnant, but was in addition to thus emaciated it was shocking. Luckily, nosotros took her inwards precisely inwards fourth dimension in addition to were able to give her the attention in addition to nutrition she needed for her in addition to her unborn foal.
“Amazingly, she recovered good plenty that half-dozen weeks afterwards she came to us she gave nascency to a salubrious foal.
“It’s lovely that nosotros were able to reunite Dazzle alongside her previous owner. After half-dozen years he had given upward promise of seeing his pony again. Now she’s dorsum where she belongs, along alongside her foal, Razzle.”
Magpie is right away looking for a novel home. She is expected to grow to 13.2 hands, is really friendly, expert to grip in addition to is should brand a lovely riding pony. Anyone interested inwards rehoming her tin telephone outcry upward 0300 1238877.
John Murphy, 56, a builder from Banbury inwards Oxfordshire pleaded guilty to 3 charges inwards relation to the 2 piebald ponies.
He pleaded guilty at Banbury Magistrates’ Court on Oct 1 to causing unnecessary suffering to the 2 ponies past times failing to investigate the drive of their pathetic torso status in addition to weight loss, opposite to department 4 of the Animal Welfare Act.
He also admitted 2 counts of failing to run into their needs in addition to protect them from pain, suffering in addition to illness past times non worming them adequately in addition to non treating lice adequately opposite to department nine of the Animal Welfare Act.
He was given an 18-month conditional discharge, was banned from keeping animals for 5 years in addition to was ordered to pay the RSPCA’s costs of £2400.
There is no proposition Murphy was involved inwards the theft or knew Barbie was stolen.
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