By Tara | Project leader
On Saturday the 11th of January the CoGH SPCA Farmyard and Horse Care Unit was deeply saddened to encounter a senior male donkey in dire need of our help.
Law Enforcement found Dougie (as we have now named him) as an abandoned stray – clearly ridden until he was no longer of use and cruelly discarded with his mouth worn down by the brutal wires used as a makeshift bit.
From the moment we stepped in to offer Dougie refuge and veterinary treatment, he has been the gentlest soul nudging up to staff for love and affection. We are truly dismayed to think that some people only saw Dougie as entertainment and not a living, feeling being that experienced severe pain each time the wires cut into his flesh.
Dougie is now resting in our farmyard and we are ensuring that his wounds and his mental scars will heal – we can already see his spirit renewing day by day as he relaxes into his new life with people who love him.
Farm animals like Dougie are very often viewed as nothing more than beasts of burden – this could not be further from the truth; like us they feel fear; pain; affection and love.
They need us to ensure their dignity is respected and with your help we will do our utmost to find a new beginning for Dougie where he only knows kindness.
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