Krystal is recovering well from Cushing’s Disease, the tiny pill she takes every day regulates her hormones and keeps her well. Every day is still a reminder for us of how cruel some humans can be towards defenceless animals. Krystal is the kindest and gentlest of ponies and yet she was attacked in her stable and suffered horrific injuries. Her eye is healed up, her fractured skull also, but the terrible pain she endured has left long term emotional scars. She is not the pony she used to be and lacks confidence, especially when men she doesn’t know are near.
We hope that Krystal will have many more good years with us.
There is such a lot of cruelty to animals, some of it through ignorance, sometimes deliberate or carried out by seemingly intelligent people in the name of science or farming. We should be judged by the way we treat our fellow creatures. Peace and goodwill to all men? ‘Fraid not.