Roberto’s owner thought the world of his donkey but due to financial problems, the owner had to find full time imployment in a town and had little time to look after him, so he asked his friend with a cow farm to take him in. The owner had not seen Roberto for some months when he accompanied us to farrier him.

When we saw Roberto, we were all in tears, He was tied to an old truck next to a cow paddock which was awash with slurry, he had only stagnant water to drink and his straw had been thrown on top of dung. There were flies everywhere; they had attacked his chest, face and his legs which were bleeding and very painful. After trimming his hooves we gave emergency treatment to his legs and advised the owner to continue this treatment but it was all too much for the owner who tearfully asked if we could take Roberto