After a short stay at Liphook Equine Hospital due to a case of serious colic, Rupert has recovered and is doing really well.

Two of our team, Nick and Sandy, went over to Liphook yesterday morning to go and collect Rupert. On their arrival they were very pleased to see Rupert looking so well and full of energy!

Rupert made the journey back to the gunwharf ferry terminal, slightly earlier than planned and was greeted by staff there eager to see his return. They were lucky enough to get onto an earlier boat back to the island, however, in what appears to now be Rupert's style, their return journey couldn't go completely smoothly! A medical emergency on the ferry that was currently in the Fishbourne terminal meant that they needed to wait on their boat before they could come into the port.

They eventually made it back onto the island and then back home to the sanctuary. Rupert was greeted at home by staff and volunteers that have been missing him, along with some of the people that played a massive part in getting him on to the ferry during our plea for help. The Mills family came along who work at Wightlink and made those incredibly important phone calls to help persuade them to find us a space straight away. We also had Sarah Jane Whitter follow the donkey bus back from the Fishbourne ferry to welcome him home. Sarah took it upon herself to get all of the traffic out of the way to make sure that we got Rupert on that ferry as soon as possible, even commandeering a lift in a George Jenkins truck to make it happen!



They were all as thrilled as we are to see him return home and look healthy, and this is such a lovely way to end this part of Rupert's story. We will never be able to fully express our gratitude to all of our supporters and the entire community in the way that everyone came together to get Rupert the help he needed. We will continue to monitor him, but are really hopeful that he has made a full recovery!