Rhona Mitra Instagram – The day finally came.
Our last stallion (for the moment) standing…
Sweet little man has been sectioned away from the herd with his best friend Mowgli for the last few months while we’ve been waiting for his second 🥚 to drop so we can perform the necessary castration to avoid him from getting trouble.
The surgery went seamlessly with absolutely no stress or fuss.
At the very worst, he experienced about 15 minutes of disorientation, but as you can see, he’s back with his buddy and for the next 10 days, we keep his cuts clean and the flies away and within a couple of weeks he’ll be back with the herd living his Best life again.
If I have to spell it out for some people in the back, who ask why, the answer is that we are here to hold space for as many horses in real need as possible, of which there are millions, we do not promote procreation unnecessarily.
there are far too many horses in Uruguay and in the world in need of this kind of care, space, love, community and sadly not enough sanctuaries like ours that facilitate this.
Apart from the fact that an intact stallion gets into all sorts of trouble trying to cross fences and roads to get to mares on heat…
We are so proud of this little lad.
It’s an extraordinary thing to put a mammal through this kind of sedation while they are ultimately awake but feel no pain.
And It’s impossible not to allow the maternal instincts to come flooding in as if he were our own son.
in this respect, I know he feels continually safe and held as from the first day he arrived two weeks old and stripped from his real mum who was crudely sold for meat 🥩 along with the 6k others per month in Uruguay alone.
We will always endeavor to make sure he has the safest and most loving home possible with the help from our wonderful team and for all those who support.
We love you lil man Balu.
A true miracle you’re with us.
💫🙏🏾💫
(FYI, the large majority of people in this culture do not antithesis their horses when they castrate them if they castrate them at all… this is considered to be ‘extra’ in these parts, especially for a horse that was discarded and would be and is deemed as ‘useless’)
@thelastarkorphanage | Posted on 13/Dec/2024 22:57:10
