A little bit about what's going on and a little about why I'm absent from the forum.

As you understood before, I run a Pony Sanctuary, where my goal is to help horses, donkeys and previously also zebras, to a new life after they have been condemned for euthanasia.

This takes up almost all of my free time when I'm not at work, to earn the money needed to make this possible. I do everything myself, pick up animals by truck, build areas for them to roam free in and the necessary houses/stables. Making sure they have feed for the cold season (which I buy from a farmer).

The land they live in is not mine, but I have been allowed to use large lots for free for this sole purpose, mostly from the farmer I buy hay from. But also by other landowners.

This spring we had a disaster, three horses became lame and had difficulty moving. I immediately took the vet out, she stated that they had laminitis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminitis).

Two had to be euthanized on the spot, because this is the country Sweden, apparently sick animals are not given any opportunity for rehabilitation. Animal protection is so strong that it is more valuable for the system not to have sick animals. Therefore, they choose to exterminate them and thus the problem of animal welfare. How sick is that? I have to do what the vet decides, because she is from the authority who decides, I have no choice.

In addition, I was reported to a higher authority because they considered that the hooves of one of the horses did not look good. No, I know that! That's why the pony ended up here in the first place, to get help to a dignified life again. But that takes time, you don't get nice hooves overnight.

So I was left with my euthanized horses and a third quite sick, but she was judged to be able to be treated, which is being done now.

What caused it all we don't know, could have been a severe weather change from very cold with lot of snow to incredibly hot and sunny in just a few hours, that's not normal in my latitudes. Since it hit multiple ponies I wonder?

What will happen now after they report me to a higher authority, I don't know? I haven't heard anything in days, but that's not good. It could be the end of everything I've lived for for two decades. Ponies and horses are my life, being able to help them means so much. I hope they have understanding even higher up in our system. But I'm skeptical, this country has such high standards for animal husbandry that almost everything is banned nowadays.

There are farmers who have been banned from continuing to have animals because small deviations. Where their entire lives have been thrown into chaos, where their livelihood has been taken away from them by the authorities.

So I'm waiting anxiously, I just want my animals to have a good life.

Please revered Princess Celestia, help me continue to help!