Abandoned 20 animals

[Cecile]

This story confuses me

http://www.itv.com/news/central/2017-06-06/woman-sentenced-in-court-for-abandoning-20-animals/

Did the livery yard let her just turn up with 20 animals and leave them there, did they supply the horsebox to keep the kittens in or the area for the dogs,
I wonder if the livery yard owner knew this person as I just can't imagine a YO just agreeing to this type of arrangement from a stranger

None of the photo's shown are shocking although the water bowls look grim

 

[Leo Walker]

Do donkeys need hardstanding? I've never heard that before.

 

[Archangel]

Do donkeys need hardstanding? I've never heard that before.

Yes they do ideally - their feet need to be able to dry out as they absorb more water than horses. I used to work in an office looking out over two donkeys, they needed quite a bit more care than horses in some ways.

 

[Cecile]

Do donkeys need hardstanding? I've never heard that before.

Yes ideally as they have very porous feet and can suffer from various foot problems, so a concrete hard standing helps them enormously plus not being waterproof access to shelter is needed

I've been hankering after 2 aged gelded donkeys for years, seedy toe seems to crop up quite often in everything I read so I quiz my farrier every so often

 

[Leo Walker]

You learn something new every day!