A sick pony in Maine is getting a new “little Richard” thanks to some generous activists.

Bridgton’s Animal Rescue Unit has raised over $5,000 to help Richard, a 15-year-old Shetland mini cross with a painful cancer on his penis.

“We’re trying to take off inches of ugly mass that have been basically left on to fester,” his caretaker, Brogan Horton told the Bangor Daily News.

“We’re going to take that off and basically create a new little Richard for him,” she added.

Animal Rescue Unit staff think Richard is in such bad shape because his previous owners let his condition go untreated for so long.

The little pony was rescued in December from a Palermo, Maine horse dealer.

Without the surgery poor Richard would have been euthanized, Horton said.

The procedure is supposed to cost $3,000 but the group has already raised much more than that from over 150 supporters.

“Normally we don’t do this, that’s a really high expense for one horse, but he suffered for so long he deserves some time when he’s not suffering,” Horton said.

The group didn’t announce a date for the surgery, but said the pony will likely have to stay in a clinic for months of recovery.