GCSE Environment Module

Animal Rights

Year 8 visit The Bleakholt animal sanctuary in Ramsbottom

June 2009

Bonnie update It was Friday 13th of February when we first met our Bonnie. She was tied to a gate   a little way  from  Bleakholt. This  seemed to perpetuate the myth of Friday 13th being unlucky. However in the end it was quite the opposite for Bonnie. On Friday 13th she finally came  to a place of safety where she was among friends.The lady who found her told me where she was and I went straight out to her. I found Bonnie stood next to the gate lifeless and drastically underweight. Her feet were overgrown and cracked.

It is now 14 weeks since we admitted Bonnie. She has come on very well. She has spent 8 weeks doing nothing but eat

She has put on about 120kg and is still about 150 kg underweight for a thoroughbred of her age.