Rosy pink: Mistakenly painted horse brings levity to B.C. wildfire fight
LIKELY, B.C. — It’s definitely a horse of a different colour.
Pictures of Rosy, a white-and-brown mare mistakenly painted neon pink by a teen in the British Columbia Interior, are providing some welcome levity to residents dealing with wildfires.
Rosy ended up pink thanks to a problem pretty much every parent can identify with — a miscommunication between a mom and her 15-year-old son.
Jacob Sharkey said his mother asked him to paint their phone number on 19-year-old Rosy, who roams the family’s hobby farm in Likely, B.C., along with another horse. The idea was that if flames reached the property and Rosy needed to be released, the number could lead to her return.