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During the night of the 20th my wife lost her dear baby horse. 'Houdini' ( the pony in the picture, an ironically tragic name) lost his life over a very traumatic 20 mins between getting hit by a car, and a vet being contacted to come out to see to him.
Houdini, somehow found his way out from his usual paddocks and got stuck into the grass on the nature strip of his home. After finishing that grass off, the grass across our narrow laneway was apparently too good to let go by.
At around 1.30am, the same time Houdini made this decision our poor neighbour Len was only 100 or so metres from home in his ute, and the two tragically crossed paths.
Watching the next 20 mins unfold, and watch a dearly loved part of the family pass away, suffering terrible trauma, cannot be explained in words. The very worst part, seeing all this happening and absolutely nothing you can do to turn things around.
Queensland Transport Law states that livestock have right of way, sadly as a result from what I've read of questionable folks seeking out the nearest cow and writing off their clapped out vehicle with the intention of making an insurance claim. Poor Houdini and Len didn't have this in mind with their encounter this past evening.
Len and Sue(his wife) are our friends, and to be perfectly honest we don't have the funds to do the morally right thing. Our family pays all the bills, takes care of unexpected expenses via the emergency credit card, but we are in no position to replace Len's car. Hence why I make this request, to help cover this terrible tragedy.
You'll notice in the picture a very happy Husky, that's Max. Max was my best mate. We had a few rats running about the place chasing the horse feed, so as one does puts down some rat bait. Unbeknown to me Maxy quite fancied tucking into the odd rat lying about the place. Tearing at the heart strings I know now, but Max polished off one of the poisoned rats, and managed to poison himself, I miss my mate. The Border Collie you see in the pic is Ellie. She was Max's apprentice, and has since become my new best mate, in fact she's looking at me through the window as I write this, wagging her tail.
I thank you in advance for your generous support, and can assure you when I'm in a more favourable position financially and confronted with a situation that needs my help, I'm there.
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