Tiny filly found on the brink of death with ticks ‘sucking the life out of her’

A tiny filly discovered with hundreds of ticks “sucking the life out of her” and on the edge of survival has been given a second chance at a happy life.

Elouise, an 11.2hh three-year-old cob, was found alone on a fell in Northumberland by a World Horse Welfare field officer, after concerns were raised about her condition.

“She had only recently appeared on the land and the charity believes she had been abandoned,” a World Horse Welfare spokesperson said.

“Elouise was dangerously thin and on the very edge of survival.