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Horse uses sunblock
05/07/2006 15:00 - (SA)
London - An albino British police horse is
coping with this summer's heatwave with the help of 30 bottles
of sun cream every day.
Humberside police horse "Blue", nicknamed "Sunny", has a
rare genetic condition which means that he has no melanin and
therefore little or no pigmentation to protect him from the sun.
Mounted officers put out an internet appeal for help to get
Sunny through Britain's current heatwave. A pharmacy donated
five gallons of factor 50 lotion in huge drums.
"We have been so worried about Sunny, especially now the
temperature is soaring," a police spokesperson said.
Britain has been experiencing a heatwave, with temperatures
on Tuesday reaching above 30 degrees centigrade for the
fourth day running.
- Reuters
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