Nonprofit asks for help after colt was viciously attacked

The CEO of a local horse rescue has a warning for her neighbors after something went after a horse on her Watsonville property. The eight-month old colt was viciously attacked over the weekend at the ‘Pregnant Mare Rescue Foundation’ and the bills are mounting for the nonprofit.

His name is Charm, and he has lots of it.

“He’s very cute he has tons of personality,” Lynn Hummer, CEO of Pregnant Mare Rescue said. “He’s going to pull through this just fine but it was devastating and scary.”

Scary is right. On Saturday morning, Charm was found in the horse rescue’s pasture, covered in blood.

“He’s lucky to have made it out alive,” Hummer said. “It’s a bad injury, a gaping wound. It took the vet six hours to stitch up the wounds.”

She still doesn’t know what exactly attacked the colt.

“Some are saying it’s a mountain lion,” Lynn said. “Some are saying it’s her cubs who are learning to hunt. Some are saying coyotes or a pack of dogs. This is very scary cause a lot of people have goats and cows. Calves are next door, and if there is a momma lion with two cubs that are learning to hunt, it could be real scary.”

In the meantime, Hummer’s two dogs will keep patrolling the property. There’s a sense of urgency, as there’s another pregnant mare onsite.

Along with the physical and emotional tolls of the attack, there’s also a financial toll. There’s the initial costs from Saturday. Now, a vet has to come out every other day to inspect Charm’s wounds.

A ‘gofundme’ account has been started to help offset some of the costs. There’s also a benefit concert and raffle on Sunday, February 8. It’ll be at Don Quixote’s on Highway 9 in Felton. Lacy J. Dalton and Bonny Getz will be there.