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Treasure was a Christmas gift for a young boy that wanted a horse. His parents
knew nothing about horses but wanted to make their child's wish come true. They purchased a thin, blind mare very
cheaply from a dealer thinking they could fatten her up in the weeks before Christmas. The parents did not know anything
about horses, especially starved ones, so the poor mare continued to lose weight.
A
vet was called and unsurprisingly he determined that the mare had a heart murmur, which is typical with horses that have endured
long-term extreme starvation, and needed dental work. He also reported that the horse had glaucoma and was 70%
blind in her left eye.
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