No political story this year hit quite as hard as the news that Patrick, the Shetland pony mayor of Cockington in Devon, had been barred from his local pub. The outrage over this injustice ripped through the media; first local, then national, then international. Four months later, it is finally time to ask: has Patrick recovered?
“Patrick is doing really well, and he’s enjoying still being the mayor of Cockington,” says his owner, Hannah Petrakis, who looks after Patrick with her husband, Kirk, noting with pride that “he’s gone pretty much worldwide in the media. He’s been on German TV several times now.”
