That saying about sometimes life gets in the way? Sometimes I wish it wouldn’t and let me finish what I set out to do to begin with! Since posting about the little mustang filly found wandering alone in Nevada who was injured and in very bad shape, alone, I have been back out visiting with our wild mustangs here in Colorado as well as attending a meeting with the BLM office there and a new group created to help our horses.
Taylor posted an update on the filly last night. Many things have happened with the filly as well. She wasn’t doing well at the prison facility she was taken to in hopes they could rehabilitate her and save her life. The injuries she sustained most likely happened when she fell down a cliff or was attacked by a coyote. At the prison facility they quickly realized she was in worse shape than originally thought and by the end of the week she was transferred to a private foal orphanage facility where she could receive more in-depth veterinary care. She was having a difficult time lying down and then getting back up. At the new facility she has other orphan foals her age that she is spending time with ~ this is very important for orphan foals as they really need to learn how to be horses.
The images that Taylor posted on her Facebook page last night showed huge improvement, she still has a long way to go but you could see improvement and most importantly the swelling in her face is nearly completely resolved, she is standing straighter in her hind end and there is even improvement in her neck. There is even a brighter sparkle in her eyes. It looks like this little girl is going to pull through thanks to so many prayers and so much encouragement from all over.
Chris Miller, the Department of Ag hero who assisted in the filly’s rescue is still in the picture. His latest response to an email from Taylor thanking him and letting him know how valuable we all feel he was not only to this filly but to other horses as well was that it was how he was raised, to have compassion, and he always wants to leave things better than the way he found it. I personally think he has done a wonderful job where this filly is concerned. If Taylor wouldn’t have seen her that day and been determined to find her again the next morning and Chris and a couple of others didn’t come in to help, this filly most likely would have perished. If everyone could show this sort of compassion just once or twice this world would be a much better place.
Where there is a slim chance, where there is compassion, there is also Hope! After much consideration and I’m sure Taylor did much soul-searching she has asked that the filly be named Hope. I think that is a perfect name for a little one who wasn’t given much of a chance.
Please be sure to check out and follow the page Taylor started for Hope on Facebook:
Of Wolves and Wild Horses 