10 April,2017 05:27 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
An animal shelter in Belgium is in the news for playing fairy godmother to a neglected pony that hadn’t had her nails trimmed in over 10 years
An animal shelter in Belgium is in the news for playing fairy godmother to a neglected pony that hadn't had her nails trimmed in over 10 years.
The Shetland pony, known as Poly, had hooves that had grown so long that they eventually became thick spirals, making it impossible for the animal to walk properly.
According to The Dodo, "The pony and horse have a body index (condition of being overweight) of one in five, the last stage before death by undernutrition," the sanctuary wrote. "It is cachexia, or extreme leanness, that causes muscle wasting, the body literally self-consuming."
The pony weighs just about 154 pounds, 'the weight of a big dog.' Normally, Shetland ponies weigh about 450 pounds.
The good news is that after her nails were trimmed, Poly had a spring in her step once again.
