21/05/2026
A HAPPY ENDING
Among a group of equines rescued from appalling conditions in Malaga back in 2020 was a grey mare and her filly foal. The emaciated horses had been roaming around the streets desperately searching for food and had finally been barricaded inside a rubbish dump, where there was also a dead pregnant mare.
The mare and foal were understandably traumatised and extremely wary of humans but after several months at ARCH both were found special homes with one-to-one attention and they thrived. The mare, who was named Armira, went to live locally. The filly foal, who was named Ida, went up to the north of Spain where she became Zendaya.
Earlier this year we were asked to find Ida/Zendaya a new home. Her owner’s circumstances had changed and she was unable to keep her. (ARCH always asks that adopters get in contact as a first step if their former rescues need to be rehomed.)
Amira’s owner came to see Ida and immediately fell in love with her. So both mother and daughter will now be sharing the same love and attention.
