5X1000: Viola's story
Posted on 11 April 2017.Behind every rescue there's a long story made of time, care, hard work. And money, also: because it is fundamental to cover the huge expenses that is possible to face during emergencies.
Last September, our vet reported a very urgent case: a newborn filly rejected by mum at birth was at risk of starving. The same fate had happened to the previous foals.
In a very short time, we rescued mum and baby, and started a very long process to save that poor little thing, who needed to be bottle-fed every 2 hours, night an day, and who developed problems in her legs which made necessary the use of custom-made supports.
It was a long, hard journey, but we made it and Viola is now an adorable, healthy foal - and her mother Ginger has learned to take of her, also.
Unfortunately, the expenses to let Viola recover have been very high: just consider that milk costs 15€ for litre, and for months Viola was fed with 2.5 litres every day! These costs sum to the ordinary vet expenses (59,200€ in 2016).
Your help was really fundamental to go on rescueing and saving donkeys, and if you live and work in Italy you can help us more, and for free!
Just fill in the proper box in your tax declaration with our fiscal code 02270470020: without any additional cost, a part of your taxes will be donated to Il Rifugio.
The funds raised with 5X1000 will let us save more lives, so thank you for caring and sharing!