Hailed as Hero, the donkey who faced immense wrath as a result of political rivalry displayed by political supporters of a specific political party passed away on Monday morning, confirmed Ayesha Chundrigar Foundation.
A heart wrenching post shared by the non-governmental organization (NGO) on social media revealed that Hero was unable to cope up with the physical and mental pain he was inflicted with and succumbed to his injuries.
“He was doing a lot better until on Sunday, he managed to stand up on his own, eat powdered food although he had a broken jaw, and drink water on his own. He had been on IV drips, multivitamins and antibiotics. His external wounds were healing. He was just skin and bones and unbelievably weak and malnourished, like he was starved for days. And constipated at the same time. He had colic that can be fatal in donkeys although his seemed to be getting better,” read the post.
“We kept his temperature under control, massaged and cuddled him to calm down him as he would try to take faltering steps. Hero was visibly distressed and suffering from post traumatic stress, his heart pounding a mile a minute,” detailed the post.
The post further mentioned that Hero’s blood pressure was too high, his temperature kept fluctuating hence he was under constant observation. “He started bleeding from his nose and he couldn’t breathe properly anymore,” shared ACF, adding that the donkey’s internal injuries due to the violence he faced, were too much for him to bear.
“He just saw a week of happiness, peace and love with us, and we saw this beautiful, intelligent personality who was abused and tortured for absolutely no reason, for no fault of his own,” read ACF’s post.
Published in Daily Times, July 24th 2018.