Awonda

June 7, 2007

Awonda’s first week at Redwings

Awonda is a pretty grey Arabian mare who was living with other horses in a large pasture in Contra Costa County. Life was good, they had plenty of green grass and hay, and room to run. Then one year the grass dried up and the hay stopped coming. The herd of eight horses had to walk the whole pasture just to find enough to eat. They began losing weight and were always hungry—and their owner was no longer coming to see them. They began to become covered with ticks and itchy lice but didn’t have the strength to rub them off.

Unfortunately their owner had become very ill and all his money was going for medicine and health care. It seemed he had forgotten the horses. Then, someone told Contra Costa County Animal Services about Awonda and her herd. Animal Services came and brought food, then loaded all the horses into a trailer and took them to a shelter.

Sadly, one of the eight horses was so emaciated and sick it had to be euthanized. But once the younger horses were cleaned of their lice and ticks and started putting on weight again, they were quickly adopted. Awonda and her friend Miz Scarlett were older than the others, and although they were gaining weight very slowly, no one wanted them.

Animal Services called Redwings and asked if we had room for the last two mares. Of course we did, and now Redwings has another very sweet and beautiful Arabian mare named Awonda!

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