Hurricane season is approaching. Here is a story about a Hurricane Katrina survivor, Molly the Pony, who went on to inspire a video and book that's just been published.

The gray speckled pony was abandonned by her owners as Katrina bore down on their farm in southern Louisiana. Molly was taken to a farm, where other animal hurricane survivors were being sheltered. She was attacked there by a pit bull, her jawed and belly ripped open and her legs bitten. Veterinarians were overwhelmed caring for the thousands of creatures orphaned by the storm, and it looked like Molly might have to be euthanized.

But Dr. Allison Barca, a horse vet, refused to give up on the tenacious pony. Barca convinced the Louisiana State University's veterinary hospital to outfit Molly with a prosthetic leg, replacing the mangled one that had become infected

Click here to read the rest of Molly's story, on Snopes,com.There also are links to a video of Molly in action today and a description of the new book, by the editor of the Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association's newsletter, about her. Molly also has inspired children with spina bifda and other medical conditions that require them to use braces or prosthetic devices -- they can't believe the little horse is dealing with the same things they are.