MEET ALMA

THIS IS THE SADDEST CASE OF ANIMAL ABUSE WE HAVE COME ACROSS IN MANY YEARS...THIS POOR LITTLE SOUL WAS PUT TO WORK LONG BEFORE HER BONES HAS COMPLETELY FORMED. HOW SHE MANAGED TO PULL THE HEAVY LOADS FOR SO LONG, IN IN ITSELF A MIRACLE...THE POLICE OFFICER COLLIARD WHO RESCUED HER HAS GIVEN HER THE NAME: ALMA, WHICH IN SPANISH MEANS SOUL, AN APPROPRIATE NAME FOR SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GIRL

ALMA WITH OFFICER COLLIARD...HER FIRST DAY OF FREEDOM

ALMA'S STORY

ALMA WAS PULLING A VERY HEAVY LOAD OF GARBAGE ON A DOWNTOWN STREET, WHEN A CONCERNED LADY SAW THAT SHE WAS LIMPING VERY BADLY; HER MOUTH WAS FOAMING AND SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS READY TO COLLAPSE...THREE CHILDREN WERE BEATING THE HELL OUT OF HER TO FORCE HER TO HURRY UP, SO THAT THEY COULD GET HOME AND WATCH THE SOCCER GAME...THE LADY TRIED TO MAKE THEM STOP, BUT SHE HAD NO LUCK...A PASSING MOTORIST CALLED THE POLICE...WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED THEY TOOK CONTROL OF ALMA, AND THE CHILDREN STARTED TO CRY, BUT THEY WEREN'T CRYING WHEN THEY WERE BEATING POOR ALMA...THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN WERE CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ALMA WAS PUT IN A HORSE VAN AND TAKEN TO THE 7TH PRECINCT WHERE SHE WILL STAY FOR A FEW DAYS AND IS EXAMINED BY THE VET.

LOOK AT THE SADNESS IN THOSE EYES THAT IS REFLECTED SO VERY CLEARLY...HOW SHE MUST HAVE SUFFERED TO LOOK SO SAD AND DESPONDENT...LOOKING CLOSELY AT HER LEGS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY HAVE NOT FORMED PROPERLY; THEY HAVE CURVES IN THEM...HER LITTLE BODY IS FULL OF SCARS AND WHIP MARKS.

SHE HAS A TERRIBLE INFECTION IN HER HOOF...AS YOU CAN SEE IT DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH THE EDGES OF HER HOOF...A NAIL IS IMBEDDED IN THE FLESH PART OF HER FOOT...WE JUST CAN'T FATHOM HOW SHE TOLERATED SUCH PAIN, AND FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...A HORSE'S HOOVES HAVE TO BE CLEANED EVERY DAY IF THEY ARE A WORKING HORSE...HER SHOES WILL BE REMOVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...SHE WON'T HAVE TO WALK ON HARD ASPHALT ROADS ANYMORE...OF COURSE, SHE WILL NEED A LOT OF CARE...SHE WILL BE GIVEN INJECTIONS TO HELP HER DEFORMED BONES, AND LOTS OF GOOD AND NOURISHING FOOD.

JUNE 16/2010 ALMA UPDATE

ALMA HAS HAD HER HORSE SHOES REMOVED; HER INFECTED HOOF IS BEING TREATED...SHE IS LOVING ALL THE ATTENTION SHE IS GETTING...SHE LOVES HER MEALTIME, AND THE NICE FRESH WATER SHE FINDS IN HER WATER PAIL EACH DAY.

JUNE 25/2010 ALMA UPDATE

ALMA SEEMS TO BE DOING BETTER, BUT SHE IS STILL VERY SAD...IT'S LIKE SHE IS WAITING FOR THE WHIP TO FALL ON HER AGAIN...SHE'S HAD SUCH A TERRIBLE LIFE, AND SHE SEEMS SO DISTRESSED, WE SOMETIMES WONDER IF SHE WILL COMPLETELY RECOVER AND FIND A NICHE IN HER NEW HOME.

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