Feelings of happiness for pony Lucy and her foal Hanna
At the end of February, animals from poor husbandry were confiscated by the veterinary office in Deggendorf, Germany. The confiscated group of animals included peacocks and the ponies Flori, Lucy and Maxl. The animals were examined and in all the dilemma there was a small feeling of happiness, because the Shetland pony Lucy was pregnant.
Benedikt Gruber, manager at Gut Aiderbichl Deggendorf, and his team organised species-appropriate accommodation for the new arrivals. From now on, the animals will laugh with the sun.
Emergency situations and the light at the end of the tunnel
Michael Aufhauser’s thought proves true time and time again:
As long as we have to protect animals from us humans, we have achieved nothing. Only when we no longer have to protect the animals will we have reached our goal. Then we will have changed something: US.
Over 700 horses have found a new home at the Gut Aiderbichl meeting centres. They no longer perform, the financial burden becomes too great, the owner falls ill or the animals are no longer of interest to people. It is just as easy to point the finger now as it is to “get rid of” the animals without giving them much thought. Sometimes our employees find out why animals are neglected, sometimes not. The aim is to help and treat them with respect.
The dignity of neglected animals
Dignity is not bestowed, you either have it or you don’t. It is the human being who domesticated the horse, it is the human being who then treats this horse well or, unfortunately, sometimes not well. In the case of the confiscated group of animals from Deggendorf, people looked after them and turned their sad lives into a happy future. A new, species-appropriate life with love, care and plenty of exercise is the ultimate goal for the welfare of the animals.
Little Hanna is Lucy's sunshine
Little Hanna was born on 4 April. Who do you think is the dad? Flori or Maxl? Let’s be elegant and keep Lucy’s paternity a secret.
Hanna and Lucy have their own stable with plenty of straw at night and during the day the mare and her foal enjoy their own pasture. Hanna is bursting with joie de vivre, cuddles with her mum and the staff and is obviously fully aware that she is a little princess. The little whirlwind with a brown coat wins hearts and flops down on the grass at lunchtime to sleep in the sun.
Lucy is simply happy. Since she has been living in Deggendorf, she has blossomed and is a wonderful mum to her Hanna. Hanna will be six weeks old on Mother’s Day – a lovely present for Lucy.
Without reverence for life, humanity has no future."
– Albert Schweitzer
Let Hanna’s zest for life infect you and pay a visit to Gut Aiderbichl Deggendorf.
