Mama horse lost her baby then melts 26M hearts after 'adopting' orphaned foal
The mama horse was in so much pain...but then something beautiful happened.
Jenny Brown
What we experience as humans, animals experience, too. Mama animals also get heartbroken if their child or children pass at birth. Some would keep looking for their young ones and look depressed when they know they had lost them.
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Queen Uniek, a Friesian horse in The Netherlands, was expecting her first child.
The moment she went into labor, she knew something was wrong. She felt anxious about that moment, flaming her lips and strutting in circles inside her stable. Yvonne, her owner, stood beside her trying to calm her down.
Uniek gave birth an hour later, and the veterinarians who assisted pulled out a foal that wasn’t breathing. They did their best to revive him, but they were too late. He didn’t make it.
Yvonne stayed behind to comfort Uniek
The heartbroken mare kept licking her foal, trying to revive him, but that didn’t work. They took the foal out of her stable while Yvonne continued to comfort Uneik. She knew her beloved horse was in a lot of pain.
Then, Yvonne and the rest of the Friesian Horses staff received wonderful news. Her friend called, telling her that they had an orphaned foal in their care.
It was a very special moment. I never thought this would happen. We knew instantly that Queen Uniek accepted Rising Star,” Yvonne told The Dodo
Since then, Queen Uniek has never left Rising Star’s side.
The next day, they found the lovable mother and son inside their stable, and Uniek became very protective over her adopted foal. Wherever he went, she did, too. Rising Star always walked close to Uniek.
Since then, Queen Uniek has never left Rising Star’s side.
