Letea horses adopted by Vier Pfoten

(Photo source VP) A relieved update on the horses of Letea, now in the safe hands of Vier Pfoten! HERE is an article in Romanian regarding the recent happenings on their website. For English news, see this article below from Nine O'Clock:

Letea horses adopted by Vier Pfoten foundation

The half-wild horses in Letea Forest, which narrowly escaped being slaughtered in a slaughterhouse in Sfantu Gheorghe, were adopted by the Vier Pfoten foundation, the prefect of Braila County Dumitru Popa announced on Monday. At present, the animals are at a farm in Urleasca, Braila County.

“A protocol was signed, by which the horses were adopted by Vier Pfoten. The foundation will be their legal owner henceforth and will act, in good faith, as their owner. Tests are being conducted now, samples are being collected, and, depending on the results, the sick horses will be taken to an authorized slaughterhouse, while the healthy ones will remain in Vier Pfoten’s care,” Dumitru Popa stated, quoted by HotNews. According to the prefect, “all the necessary care – including food, water, watch and medical treatments – will be ensured at the foundation’s expense and Vier Pfoten is to find new locations for the horses.

The scandal regarding the horses in C. A. Rosetti, a village in the protected area of the Danube Delta, broke out last week, when several NGOs released images which showed the horses kept in enclosures, some of them malnourished and with bloody wounds. The horses were to be sent to a slaughterhouse. On Friday night, the traffic police stopped the transport, after it was established that, although the driver produced valid documents of transport, origin and health, the animals were wounded and in a visible state of discomfort, as the special, food and water, regulations for their transport had been violated. The horses were taken subsequently to a farm in Urleasca, Braila County, a place set by the animal protection agencies, to be fed, watered and given the needed medical care.

The images showing the Letea horses have stirred, in the past days, compassion, anger and public outrage at a national and international level.

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The horses may now be in safe hands, but the fight is still not won. Donations are required to pay for a myriad of needs, particularly medical treatment. Just last night, a little foal died, no longer able to resist following the hell from which she had emerged, despite all efforts made by the vet on site... Please do not imagine now that the horses are with VP, one can let them drop. One cannot. Until they are placed in a protected area and on the register for national heritage making any threat to their well-being a criminal offense, we cannot relax. Please see HERE if you can help financially. The sites mentioned are registered charities and the links are secure. Calls have also been coming in for vets, food, sacking for night time, buckets and troughs... see HERE how you can aid the recovery of the horses of Letea.

Thank you.