Giant teddy helps orphaned foal recover after traumatic loss of dam

An orphaned foal found alone and terrified has been receiving round-the-clock care as her rescuers hope she has turned the corner.

Ava, a Dartmoor hill pony, was discovered by residents at the beginning of July near the village of Lee Moor after her dam died on Dartmoor.

Charity Hill Pony Resources brought Ava, thought to be a few weeks old, off the moor and monitored her overnight before she was transferred to the Mare and Foal Sanctuary’s specialist veterinary and welfare centre, Beech Trees in Newton Abbot, on 3 July.

A spokesman for the Mare and Foal Sanctuary said Ava, who was given a giant teddy bear for comfort, is “not out of the woods yet” having had breathing problems and suffered a mild bout of colic. The filly is being kept in quarantine and has undergone chest X-rays.

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Article written by: Becky Murray