Tilila gets a second chance
Together for Animals member SPANA first learned about Tilila from a kind supporter who noticed the injured donkey wandering around alone in Forêt de David (David Forest), Morocco. Their vet team immediately drove to the site and found the nine-year-old donkey limping slowly on deformed hind feet, desperately picking at bits of dried plants and grass in the blazing heat.
While examining the donkey, the team discovered that not only was Tilila severely malnourished and lame, she was also pregnant. The vets provided her with food and water before carefully leading her into the back of a horsebox to bring her to the SPANA Casablanca centre for expert treatment.
As soon as she arrived at the centre, the team acted fast to save the mother and her unborn foal. The expert vets first trimmed her painfully overgrown and unbalanced hooves, which had been further exacerbated by the extra weight of pregnancy. Tilila then received some remedial farriery and physiotherapy to correct her limbs. The team monitored Tilila’s recovery at the stables and made sure she was putting on weight every day at a safe pace. Within a few days, Tilila was already in a more alert, healthier state.
While recovering at the centre, Tilila gave birth to a healthy foal named Sabria, meaning ‘patient’. The adorable foal spends her days exploring the stables and playing in the Casablanca centre’s spacious garden area. The pair will continue to be well looked after until Tilila is healthy enough to be rehomed with her foal.