CVFAF - ARGENTINA RESCUES ANOTHER
ABUSED HORSE
MAY 12/2008
SEE THE FULL STORY ABOUT NACHA BELOW THE PHOTOS
NACHA HAVING A MUCH NEEDED MEAL. LOOKING CLOSELY ONE CAN SEE THAT PART OF HER COAT IS MISSING DUE TO CONSTANT NEGLECT AND ABUSE
THE YOUNG BOY IS SANTIAGO WHO'S MAKING FRIENDS WITH NACHA
NACHA STILL DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE IS SAFE, AND THAT IS WHY SHE IS IN SUCH A DEPRESSED STATE. LITTLE SANTIAGO PETS HER HOPING TO MAKE HER FEEL WANTED.
LITTLE SANTIAGO ALSO HAS TIME TO PAY BENJIE A VISIT
WHEN A CONCERNED CITIZEN CALLED COQUI THIS MORNING ABOUT A HORSE THAT WAS BEING ABUSED, SHE JUMPED INTO ACTION IMMEDIATELY. WITH A POLICE ESCORT SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO RESCUE ANOTHER VICTIM OF ABUSE. TWO TEENAGE BOYS WERE CAUGHT MERCILESSLY WHIPPING THEIR HORSE BECAUSE SHE WASN'T ABLE TO HAUL THE HEAVY LOADS ANY LONGER. THE BOYS WERE ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRE OF THE POLICE STATION WHERE THEY WERE CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY.
THE HORSE WHOM WE NAMED NACHA, (WHICH IS SPANISH FOR NATASHA), IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE. SHE IS QUITE THIN AND PARTS OF HER COAT ARE MISSING FROM CONSTANT NEGLECT. SHE WAS GIVEN A GOOD MEAL AND LOTS OF WATER. SHE ATE GREEDILY AS IF IT WAS SOMETHING SHE WASN'T USED TO. AFTER HER MEAL SHE VERY SLOWLY LAY DOWN FOR A MUCH NEEDED REST.
TODAY MAY 14, NACHA LAY DOWN AND DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO GET UP. WE THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING HER IN A HARNESS, BUT DECIDED THAT WOULD BE TOO TRAUMATIC FOR HER. WHEN THE VET CAME AND GAVE HER A THOROUGH EXAMINATION, HE SAID THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A QUESTION OF DAYS FOR HER TO COLLAPSE ON THE STREET IF SHE HADN'T BEEN RESCUED FROM THE TWO TEENAGE BOYS.
WITH SOME TIN AND SOME BOARDS A SHELTER WAS BUILT FOR HER IN THE AREA WHERE THE POLICE PARK THEIR CARS, THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR CARS ON THE STREET....NACHA IS RESTING QUIETLY, BUT WHAT SHE NEEDS NOW IS TIME AND SEVERAL SMALL MEALS OF GOOD QUALITY FOOD EVERY DAY AND A SERIES OF DOSES OF A MULTIVITAMIN MIXTURE THAT WE ARE ALSO GIVING TO BENJIE.
NACHA WILL STAY AT THE POLICE COMPOUND UNTIL A COURT HEARING IS HELD WHEN COQUI WILL ASK TO HAVE THE HORSE PUT UNDER HER PROTECTION. WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN, AS WE WANT TO GIVE HER A FOREVER LOVING HOME AT OUR SANCTUARY THE EAGLE'S NEST
A LIFE'S JOURNEY FOR THAT PERFECT CONNECTION CAN BE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, NOT SO, FOR BENJIE AND NACHA. LIFE FOR THEM HAS BEEN AN UPHILL STRUGGLE UNTIL THEY WERE FOUND BY COQUI, MONTIEL AND HER ARMADA OF FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN AND HER EVER PRESENT C.V.F.A.F. VOLUNTEERS. BENJIE AND NACHA HAVE NOW FOUND THE POT OF GOLD CALLED UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, AND COQUI AND HER ARMADA HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GIVE, SO REST EASY NACHA AND BENJIE, YOUR JOURNEY WILL END HAPPILY, OF THAT WE ARE SURE.
ONCE DEAR NACHA YOU HAD THE GRACE AND RADIANCE OF A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER; AND THE STRIDE OF A MAJESTIC STEED. YOUR OWNER'S NEED WAS THAT OF GREED, DESTROYING YOUR SPIRIT BUT NOT THAT BEAUTIFUL SEED. WE WEEP FOR YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR NEED, WE WEEP FOR YOU AND WE OFFER YOU HOPE. THAT SEED IN YOUR HEART WILL GROW AND BLOOM WITH A JOYFUL ZEST, AND YOUR VASE WILL BE CALLED THE EAGLE'S NEST
DONATIONS FOR NACHA GREATLY APPRECIATED AS NACHA IS IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE.
MAY 24/2008 NACHA UPDATE
NACHA FINALLY ARRIVES AT THE EAGLE'S NEST
TIME FOR A NICE LONG REST AND THEN A NICE SNACK OF CARROTS
NACHA IS HAVING A GOOD TIME AT THE EAGLE'S NEST...SHE'S MET A LOT OF THE DOGS AND HAS MADE FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THE HORSES, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP HER ISOLATED AT TIMES AS SHE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE ABUSE SHE SUFFERED, AND IS STILL IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE...ONE DAY SHE WILL REALIZE THAT SHE IS NOW SAFE AND WILL NEVER HAVE TO DIG IN THE DIRT AND GARBAGE FOR FOOD, OR EVER HAUL A HEAVY LOAD AGAIN.
AFTER EVERYONE WAS SETTLED COQUI AND HER VOLUNTEERS HAD A PROTEST RALLY
SETTING UP AND TALKING TO SUPPORTERS OF ANIMAL WELFARE - RESPONSE WAS VERY GOOD
RALLY WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND THE PUBLIC WAS MORE THAN INTERESTED IN HELPING SUPPLY THE HORSES WITH FOOD AND HOPEFULLY SOME MUCH NEEDED DONATIONS.
MAY 27/2008 UPDATE
NACHA IS DOING QUITE WELL. SHE IS GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH ALL OF THE HORSES AT EAGLE'S NEST AND IS MAKING FRIENDS QUICKLY...SHE FINALLY REALIZES SHE IS FREE FROM ABUSE AND HAULING HEAVY LOADS...SHE LOVES MEAL TIME AND IS QUITE EAGER TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THE DOGS.
JUNE 1/2008 SAD UPDATE ON NACHA
DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF MAY 31 THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AT THE BACK OF THE SANCTUARY WAS STOLEN AND NACHA, BEING NEW AT THE EAGLE'S NEST, DECIDED TO EXPLORE. WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FENCE AND NACHA WERE GONE, A SEARCH BEGAN, LATER THAT DAY WE WERE INFORMED THAT NACHA HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR, BUT ONLY HER NOSE WAS HURT SLIGHTLY; THE CAR JUST GRAZED HER. SOME PEOPLE FOUND NACHA AND GAVE HER SOME GRASS TO EAT AND SOME WATER. THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND A VET WAS CALLED TO EXAMINE NACHA, BUT HE ARRIVED TOO LATE. AFTER EXAMINATION, THE VET SAID SHE HAD DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK...IT IS A VERY SAD DAY FOR ALL OF US AT CVFAF...NACHA WAS DOING SO WELL AND WAS MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE DOGS AND ALL THE OTHER HORSES...WE CAN ONLY THINK THAT HER LAST DAYS WERE DAYS OF PEACE. SHE HAD LIVED A VERY HARD LIFE, WORKED ALMOST TO DEATH.
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