FELIPE, WHO HAD LESS THAN
TEN HOURS OF THE GOOD LIFE
ON MAY 17 COQUI GOT A CALL THAT A HORSE HAD COLLAPSED ON THE STREET. THE ONLY CONCERN OF THE MAN WHO OWNED FELIPE WAS HOW HE WOULD GET HIS LOAD DELIVERED. ABSOLUTELY NO CONCERN FOR HIS HORSE....COQUI JUMPED INTO ACTION AND WITH THE AID OF THE ENTRE RIOS' POLICE AND FIREMEN OF PARANA, SHE RUSHED TO THE RESCUE SITE.
BEING FITTED WITH HARNESS AND THEN PULLED UP INTO THE AIR WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO COME SO THE POLICE AND FIREMEN COULD LIE HIM DOWN.
FELIPE STANDING ON HIS OWN, AND THEN HE IS TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION WHERE HE IS PUT IN A HARNESS FOR SUPPORT.
FELIPE, BENJIE, NACHA AND MAGOO THE BLIND AND DEAF (DOGO ARGENTINO) DOG ONE OF THE PETS AT THE POLICE STATION....LUCKY DOG.
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FELIPE TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE. HE COLLAPSED AND WHEN COQUI CAME SHE HELD HIS BEAUTIFUL HEAD IN HER LAP AS HE PASSED AWAY....IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT FELIPE HAD INTERNAL INJURIES THAT WERE BLEEDING...HIS TIRED OLD HEART JUST GAVE OUT...FELIPE WAS A VERY SICK HORSE, BUT HE NEVER MADE A SOUND. HE WAS QUITE CONTENT TO SPEND HIS LAST HOURS WITH SOME LOVING AND CARING PEOPLE. IT WAS A VERY SAD DAY FOR COQUI AS SHE WANTED SO MUCH FOR FELIPE TO RECOVER AND SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE AT THE EAGLE'S NEST SANCTUARY.
IT'S A SAD SITUATION IN PARANA, WHERE THE LAWS PASSED TO PROTECT THE MANY ANIMALS ARE NOT ENFORCED BY THE CITY OFFICIALS. WE ESPECIALLY WANT TO HAVE THE LAWS ENFORCED FOR THE HORSES THAT ARE FORCED TO HAUL HEAVY LOADS, AND THEY DO IT WHILE THEY ARE SLOWLY STARVED TO DEATH AND BRUTALLY ABUSED
COQUI DOES HAVE A PETITION AND IS COLLECTING SIGNATURES. SOON WE WILL HAVE AN ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSION ON LINE AT CARE 2.,,,WE WILL ALSO TRY TO GET GERMAN, FRENCH, DUTCH, AND NORWEGIAN VERSIONS....THESE SMALL CITIES RELY ON TOURISTS FOR MUCH OF THEIR INCOME. A PETITION WITH 50,000 PLUS SIGNATURES WOULD BE A GOOD INCENTIVE FOR THE CITIES TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THE UN-ENFORCED LAWS.
TOMORROW FILIPE WILL BE BURIED BESIDE ANOTHER HORSE NAMED DAKOTA AT THE EAGLE'S NEST GRAVEYARD.
