July Happy Tails Rescue

Koa’s Rescue

Wild Horse Connection Range Management received a call around 9:30pm on a Saturday night from one of their volunteers that there was a foal trying to nurse off of two mares but the mares were not letting the foal nurse. Corenna called two WHC and LTRC (rescue) volunteers and as always they responded without hesitation.

When they arrived there were approximately 40 horses around the general area. Thanks to the AWHC database they were able to ID the bands and what mares could possibly be the dam. They tried to see if any mares were interested in the foal, but not one called out and the foal didn’t respond either.

Some of the possible bands from that area were not around and after two hours they had to make the call. The best guess is that this little one got separated out on the range and followed one or more of these bands down to water.

The filly was very hungry and getting unstable on her feet. At WHC’s direction they took her in as an emergency to Comstock Equine Hospital. They immediately tested her to see if she had received mom’s colostrum, and she fortunately did! They gave her some meds and said she was good to go. By this time it was after midnight and it would have been a 2-½ - 3 hour round trip drive to take her to LBL Equine Rescue to the foal nursery for care. Instead, one of the rescue volunteers, Tracy, took Koa home for the night to care for her. Sunday morning Corenna and Karen of WHC picked up Koa and transported her to LBL. She got to rest and meet her new “sisters” Hazel and Bitsy. Once settled, she went out with the girls and now all three are together getting full bellies and a lot of love. These girls will all be available for adoption through Wild Horse Connection https://wildhorseconnection.org/adoptions

Koa at the vet

Koa and her two new best friends!