Sunday, November 17, 2013

Mount Abu an Update

Mount Abu an Update.A Horses Tale.

The Burning ghats of this area

We noticed two men trying to ride a horse up the steep steps going to the blazing Ghats of this location around 9 a.m.
The horse fell down these steps twice and somersaulted into the bushes below. It battled to its current position from there. Amit, an Abu vet, arrived to view the horse and informed the owners that the horse had a brain bleed. His compounders injected the horse with medication and then departed. The owner and a couple of his guests lingered for a while, perhaps waiting for the horse to get up and walk.

The Horse


Liz was seeing the animal suffer; she couldn't handle the sight. She called Kaizad, the guy in charge of the PFA, and asked him to look into the problem; he stated he couldn't do anything until the owner himself came forward and asked for his help. She immediately called the vet and asked him to put the suffering horse to sleep. He also stated that his hands were bound and that he couldn't do anything till the owner called him. She called Kaizad once again. He countered that the only thing he could do was notify the SDM Mount Abu, to which she answered, "Please do?" The clock has struck nine o'clock.
The horse is in horrible shape; one of its eyeballs has come out of its socket, and it occasionally goes into a severe spasm. I took a little video and will share it as soon as I upload it to my account.

The eyeball is under its head.




P.S.

The horse had to have died early in the morning. The jungle crows' "Kowws" at the crack of dawn, expressing the mood for an early breakfast, could be plainly heard. Fortunately, there aren't many jackals and hyenas in this region, or they'd have had a big feast during the night. The once-abundant vultures have vanished from this area. 
The municipal JVC arrived at 9 a.m. to transport the carcass to the landfills.