The shocking news reached Vodka and Tin Tin today, their old home, the meat farm, has closed and all the horses ponies donkeys foals, young and old, have been 'liquidated' 'culled'. Gone. Dead.
Tin Tin was on the last transport out in February 2010 - he and two donkey jennies and their babies, and two other boy donkeys, were the final survivors - the rest are gone. Perfectly nice horses who could have had a life are dead, many of them just 15-18 months old, having never been trained or given a chance.
Tin Tin is in a state of shock - the news that he so narrowly missed selection for the death march crushed even his exuberant nature. He was lucky to have been issued with a set of wirecutters and a map to the channel ports, and this brave donkey with his companions charted a course to safety. Tin Tin's sad brown eyes are fringed with tears as he takes stock of just how slimly he missed going to his death with the others - a mere quirk of fate and he has a happy future ahead of him, with his new girlfriend Vodka donkey.
We are all in mourning for the poor lost souls
Charlou, andalucian stallion
Foniale and her foal
Lav Un and her foal
Konkora and her foal
Espoir Un and her foal - so badly misnamed, no Hope for this little lady
The foals from 2008 - all ages 15-18 months, all gone - we watched their pictures as they grew up into stunning young horses, for what purpose.
Hopefully their suffering is now over and they can gallop free forever.
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