Rescue of a 24-year-old Belgian brood mare from international transport for slaughter. She had already had her tail cut off – branded as a slave animal, so to speak – and was deemed useless. We named this wonderful, gentle and loving mare Florence Nightingale when she entered her new life under our care. She was severely emaciated, had misshapen hooves, abrasions all over her body, a scar on her right hind leg and deformed teeth