June 14, 2020, Wickford/Essex county (UK): On morning patrol two officers of the Essex Police Basildon Community Policing Team, PCSO Grant and PCSO Edwards, discovered a distressed horse in a pasture. Upon closer investigation they realized she was actually giving birth. The officer’s stood by ready to help. The mare gave birth to a healthy boy [...]
Visitors to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, are transported back in time to America’s 18th century capital. The town is a living museum of colonial life providing a dimensional perspective to America’s history. The historically accurate experience fully embraces its colonial legacy from its original buildings, cadre of Nation Builders portraying historical figures right down to serving historically [...]
April 26, 2019, Orlando, FL (USA): Disney has introduced a special addition to the Walt Disney World Resort, Lilly the Shetland pony. Lilly, named after Walt Disney’s wife, is the first white Shetland pony born at Disney’s Tri-Circle-D Ranch. Lilly is the offspring of Lady and Ferdinand who are members of the team trained to pull [...]
Just because you’re a horse, doesn’t mean you have nightmares. We’d like to introduce you to Felix the foal but shhhh, he’s napping. Like all foals Felix enjoys a good nap after a filling meal. His mother, Fling, nibbles grass nearby as Felix dreams. Perhaps he’s running across an open field, or leading a [...]
Perth, Western Australia (WA), 1907: The mare must not be heated when the foal is very young, as her milk when in that state is bad for the foal. Young calves will rub along nicely with two meals a day, given morning and evening, but the foal is a more frequent feeder, and the mare should [...]
