Norfolk, Oct. 19 -- A concerned neighbor first called PETA about Bea, a mini horse who was living all alone in a sewage-filled field in North Carolina and whose hooves were so overgrown that they curled up like sled runners and she could take only small painful steps. And as a new PETA video released today shows, that phone call changed her life: Her owner, after recognizing that he wasn't able to care for Bea, asked PETA to find her a new home.
For the first time in at least six years, Bea received vital veterinary care-for her teeth, to treat her for parasites, and more-and with her hooves finally trimmed, she was off and running (literally!). Once she arrived at her new home under the wide-open New Mexico skies, she made her first frien...