Family’s beloved pet pony deserted after hit by a car on the Gold Coast

A PIMPAMA family have been left devastated after their brand new pony was killed in a hit and run overnight. The family are now appealing to the public for answers.

One of Ms Bowyer’s daughters with Elle the pony before she was euthanised. Picture: supplied

A PIMPAMA family have been left devastated after their pet pony was killed in a hit and run.

Shetland pony, Elle, was the most recent addition to the Bowyer household before she was brutally left for dead on Yawalpah Road after being hit by a car last night.

The driver who originally hit Elle did stop according to a witness, but quickly fled the scene when a second witness stopped to help. The car is described as a small silver four wheel drive.

The sweet pony was cruelly left to die in the middle of the road by those who hit her with their car. Picture: supplied

Michelle Bowyer, mother to five children, said she had been left heartbroken having to tell her son and four daughters — aged 14, 10, 7 and 3 — what happened to the 9-year-old pony.

Ms Bowyer said Elle had only been living with them for four weeks after finally fulfilling her children’s dreams of having a pony.

“I’m very sad, I’m really angry,” she said, her voice breaking with emotion.

“The fact someone can do that and just drive off, they just make it worse for themselves.

“It’s not something you want to go home and tell your kids.”

Elle with her biggest fans and some food. Picture: supplied

Elle the 9-year-old shetland pony was left for dead after a hit and run on the Gold Coast, Pimpama. Picture: supplied

She said despite Elle being shy, she was a “beautiful little girl” who adored her 3-year-old daughter.

“(She) would come running to you if you had food for her,” she said, adding she regularly tried to follow them into the house.

“She would greet us at the back door every morning for cuddles.”

Ms Bowyer said she only heard about the incident after her friends had driven past Elle’s body on the side of the road around 10.30pm.

One of Ms Bowyer’s daughter’s with Elle. Picture: supplied

She last saw Elle at 8.30pm after checking in on her for a ‘chat’, and had recently had all the fences fixed in preparation for her arrival. The gate was not left open, she said.

Mr Bowyer said they had to get the trailer and call an emergency vet, who managed to come out just before midnight.

But she could not be saved as it was likely she had a punctured lung.

Ms Bowyer said Elle had been a rescue horse originally and she had bought her off a couple who could no longer look after her.

If you have information to help Picture: supplied

Facebook users were left furious at the news in a post to the Pimpama Neighbours page.

Rachael Nowlan wrote: “I’m so, so sorry to hear this. How could anyone hit a pony and just leave it there?”

Desley Milward wrote: “There will certainly be damage if it was a car, not so much if it was a truck. Such a senseless death that didn’t have to happen.”

RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty said they had been called at the time and had sent an animal ambulance out.

It is understood the ambulance was called off after another emergency vet attended.

Anyone with information is urged to call local police.