From emaciated foal to healthy young pony
Hercules came into the care of Together for Animals member World Horse Welfare’s in July 2019 at just three months old, together with his mother. He arrived at their Hall Farm Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Norfolk in a terrible state – emaciated, with a high worm burden and suspected impaction colic.
Norfolk Trading Standards prosecuted Hercules’ owner, who pleaded guilty when the case came to court in May 2021. The owner was sentenced to ten weeks in prison suspended for one year, banned from keeping horses for twenty years and ordered to pay £5,000 costs and a £145 victim surcharge. A Deprivation Order was made against Hercules, who was then signed over to World Horse Welfare by Norfolk Trading Standards.
Despite the awful condition he arrived in, the charity’s Hall Farm team was able to nurse Hercules back to health and he thrived in their expert hands. By the age of two, his rehabilitation was complete and he was rehomed as a healthy, confident youngster.
After having had such a terrible start in life, Hercules has blossomed into a happy little soul who gets on well with his companions and loves to investigate new things. He has the potential to be backed to ride when old enough but for now is busy growing, exploring the world in his new home, and developing into quite a little character.