Disabled Woman Trains Mini Pony for Chores
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A disabled German woman is training a Shetland
pony to help her lead a self-sufficient life but animal experts
have questioned whether it is right that a small pony is pressed
into such a role.
Evelyn Allhoff-Menke, a former veterinarian who lives on a farm in
eastern Germany, said she wants the pony to pull her wheelchair and
aid her in everyday chores.
"I could take the little horse everywhere," Allhoff-Menke, who lost
the use of her legs four years ago in a riding accident, told
Reuters. "He could fetch things for me, and someday pull me in my
wheelchair around the farm."
But other vets and animal rights groups said they had doubts.
Although it is not unheard of to use Shetland ponies as guide
animals for the blind, none had heard of them being used to assist
people with physical disabilities.
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