Deformed Foal - your thoughts

rosiefronfelen said:
where in the article were they asking for donations?
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In a roundabout way, here: "A six-year-old girl is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for an operation on her beloved foal after he was born with a rare condition which left his face disfigured."

There's no way a 6yr old girl is going to earn the money is there? Further down it says her mother is hoping to raise the money but the above comment suggests not from her savings/job.

Good luck to them.... someone will assist them I'm sure
 
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gnubee,

your final paragraph just about summed up the situation, in my view.

This poor child has now been allowed to become deeply attached to the foal. She has most probably been promised that, with fund raising, the foal may well be "saved". Saved for and from what? Were the foal put to sleep now, the child will, doubtless be deeply distressed. To keep the foal alive should be equally distressing for those who witness it on a daily basis. The situation is now out of hand, sadly for the foal, I suspect that being saved is the only option.

If this foal manages to exist without major assistance, possibly for the rest of its life, then I will be amazed. Just what quality of life is that? It's far more about the owners than the foal, the poor little mite.

Neither the well being of the foal, and of equal importance, that of the child, been thought through. I'm sorry to say this, but I think the whole situation is disgraceful.

Alec.
 
Gosh - what a lot of assumptions and conclusion jumping from people who have no idea what the story is other than what the Daily Mail say it is....(and they are so reliable....)

I cant say too much about this, as I am involved with this case, but Id like to clear up a couple of things that have been mentioned on here and latched on to.

At NO TIME have the family asked for donations - in fact, after one newspaper saw fit to publish the owners mobile phone number and she was inundated with calls offering help, she has thanked everyone and turned them all down. It was never the case that she wanted money to pay for the operations that he may need - that is the newspapers twisting what has been said by the people who were contacted for advice. This whole situation has been blown up out of all proportion. It started with a thread on a local forum purely asking for anyone with experience of the condition to contact them, this got picked up by a local paper who asked to run a story to help them find out more (hence they got the photos), and this story got picked up by the red tops, and produced in that wonderful way tabloids have to get attention... the owner never asked for the kind or type of exposure its generated. All she has ever wanted was to find out about peoples eperiences to be able to know if having a try could be an option. (something that Im sure most horse owners would want to know rather than jumping straight onto putting down an otherwise healthy foal)

The children are all well aware of how serious the condition is,and that he may well have to be put down. The reason he hasnt been put down yet is that there are operations which would possibly give the foal a good chance, and the owner (understandably) wanted to find out as much as possible before she made the decision.He is a very very loved chap - and having met him, its easy to fall for him. One thing he definately wont lack is love and care from a family that want to do their utmost to do their best for him.

oh - and one more thing (havent spotted it here,but have on other forums) she didnt buy the mare and put her in foal - she bought the mare as a riding horse, nobody knew she was in foal at all,even the stud she was bought from !!! There are other things that have been happening,which im not going to go into - but the whole thing has snowballed to such an extent that the family are damned if the do and damned if they dont,and Its hard to know what to do for the best.

At the end of the day - an owner has to do what they think is best for their animal,whatever that may be and including second opinions and other areas where needed. All this owner has tried to do is arm herself with the best possible advice (from across the world!) so that she can make an informed decision on what to do. Its very easy to be on the outside of a situation and make judgements - but in reality, its nothing to do with anyone other than the owner - and whatever they decide is their business!!
 
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Racergirl said:
Gosh - what a lot of assumptions and conclusion jumping from people who have no idea what the story is other than what the Daily Mail say it is....(and they are so reliable....)

I cant say too much about this, as I am involved with this case, but Id like to clear up a couple of things that have been mentioned on here and latched on to.


At the end of the day - an owner has to do what they think is best for their animal,whatever that may be and including second opinions and other areas where needed. All this owner has tried to do is arm herself with the best possible advice (from across the world!) so that she can make an informed decision on what to do. Its very easy to be on the outside of a situation and make judgements - but in reality, its nothing to do with anyone other than the owner - and whatever they decide is their business!!
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Absolutely, agree with you, people should mind their own business, get their facts right and not rely on 2nd hand information! I wish them all the best with whatever they decide to do.
 
At the end of the day - an owner has to do what they think is best for their animal,whatever that may be and including second opinions and other areas where needed. All this owner has tried to do is arm herself with the best possible advice (from across the world!) so that she can make an informed decision on what to do. Its very easy to be on the outside of a situation and make judgements - but in reality, its nothing to do with anyone other than the owner - and whatever they decide is their business!![/QUOTE]


Well said and one in the eye for all those who instead of offering support reacted otherwise. There are always 2 sides to every story.
I hope she finds out what she needs to know to be able to make a decision. Regardless of that decision I hope that you will let her know that there are decent people in this world who do understand what she is trying to do and will support her whatever has to be done.
 
For all those condemning these owners-there is a not dissimilar post in breeding regarding a foal that is not normally conformed but has a chance at being so (see 411 days gestation post).. everyone on that post is giving it their full support.
As for the begging for money-they're not forcing anyone to give them money at the end of the day.
 
madhossy said:
In a roundabout way, here: "A six-year-old girl is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for an operation on her beloved foal after he was born with a rare condition which left his face disfigured."

There's no way a 6yr old girl is going to earn the money is there? Further down it says her mother is hoping to raise the money but the above comment suggests not from her savings/job.

Good luck to them.... someone will assist them I'm sure
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So how do we know that she won't be doing boot sales, sponsored ride/walk/silence, selling cakes and homemade lemonade etc? The little girl could get paid to fill haynets etc.There are many ways of raising money without using your savings or asking for donations.

I say good on them for trying to help this foal. If he was suckling then by all means he should have been PTS but he is and I think he deserves a chance.
 
Thanks Racegirl - I only originally posted as I've never heard of the condition..... and i've been around horses for 30 years, must admit I was quite shocked at the bluntness of some of the responses (part of me wishes I'd not posted).
Anyhoo, I really hope he has a successful Operation and all ends well........
 
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