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While I commend Katz for saving Simon, like some of the other reviewers, I find his contradictory views hard to tolerate. I have read other books by him that I liked much better. I just wanted to call him up and scream at him when I got to the part in this book about how he dealt with poor Rocky the pony. Anyone with animal experience knows that older, infirm animals are a target for other animals and are often at risk of being bullied or injured. Yet, instead of separating the pony from the donkeys,which speaking from personal experience is in no way an insurmountable obstacle, he has the pony euthanized. I understand the pony was old and blind but he seemed to be doing ok before Katz moved his animals onto the property where the pony had lived his whole life. He was stupid enough to put Rocky back in harm's way again after Simon had attacked him once, then implies that the pony suddenly goes downhill and needs to be euthanized, when what he probably needed was to be protected from Simon. I'm not blaming Simon, he was just being a donkey, but Katz shows poor judgement and the pony pays for it with his life.