MOUNT AIRY, Md. (NBC News) – A horse rescue operation in Maryland has used a bit of ingenuity and creativity to create a special cast for donkey with a severe ankle injury.
Sugar Snap was gravely injured in a fence accident, and was cut down to the bone from her knee to her ankle. The injury caused a potentially deadly problem that needed to be fixed right away.
“We came up with an idea that if we could create a cast (it) would hold her hind leg in the correct position for a couple of hours a day and we’d keep that tendon stretched out,” said Christine Hajek, founder of Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue in Mount Airy.
Hajek called a welding and fabrication expert, who was able to build a brace out of aluminum pipe, a flat bar and a few straps.
If all goes as planned, Sugar Snap should be walking close to normal in about a year and a half.
