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Spindles Farm survivors: before and after in pictures 10 years on

Madeleine Silver

    • When more than 100 horses and donkeys were found at Spindles Farm in Amersham, Bucks in January 2008, it was hard to imagine that so many of them would be thriving 10 years on.

    Of the 60 equines taken in by Redwings Horse Sanctuary, as well as six foals born to rescued mares, an incredible 58 are still enjoying happy and healthy lives a decade on. Of these, 46 remain in the care of the sanctuary, while 12 have found new homes.

    We meet some of the remarkable survivors — and see the incredible transformation they’ve made…

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    Before: Aladdin

    When Aladdin was rescued from Spindle Farm in 2008, he was terrified of people and incredibly thin

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    After: Aladdin

    Aladdin is now training to be a schoolmaster at Redwings

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    Before: Tom Thumb

    Tom Thumb was so emaciated his muscles had begun to waste away when he was found at Spindle Farm

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    After: Tom Thumb

    Tom Thumb is now a happy and lovable chap

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    Before: Rumpel

    Rumpel was so frightened after the rescue that he flinched at human touch

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    After: Rumpel

    Rumpel is now a popular 'Redwings Adoption Star'

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    Before: Pinocchio

    Pinocchio was covered in lice when he was rescued

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    After: Pinocchio

    Pinocchio now loves to play a spot football

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    Before: Martha

    Martha was suffering from a severe lack of hoof care when she was rescued

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    After: Martha

    Martha and Esther now live at Redwings Caldecott in Norfolk

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    Before: Jemima

    Jemima was incredibly frightened when she was rescued

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    After: Jemima

    She now adores fuss at her home at Redwings Caldecott in Norfolk

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    Before: Elsie

    Elsie was in foal when rescued from Amersham

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    After: Elsie

    Elsie gave birth to Tinkerbell in the safety of the Sanctuary two months after her rescue

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