
It all started with a phone call that a severely injured donkey was roaming the area surrounding the Natural Bridge. Once there, it appeared that the donkey was badly wounded in his hind leg; it proved to be the much-feared screw worm, a disease where a fly lays eggs in a small wound. The worms then eat their way through the healthy flesh surrounding the wound, hereby causing it to grow larger and larger. Kodak was one of the first animals that was suffering from screw worm: something which is nothing to cheer about. It is also a very painful disease, so Kodak stood on just three legs during his first month at the Sanctuary. That is how he got his name: a tripod is used during photography and Kodak is a name that comes to mind when the subject is photography. During his first month with us Kodak could not eat, only drink lots of water. But after lots of medical attention and lots of loving care he got his appetite back, especially when he was fed lovely bits of apple or carrot. Nowadays Kodak is a happy, healthy donkey, who is running around on four legs again. He has found his happiness again; only an ugly scar is the reminder of a very dark period in his life.
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