Countdown to Friday!

Why? Because it’s our first AGM of course!
Unfortunately it looks as though many of you can’t join us if the flood of proxy votes is anything to go by! It’s reassuring to know that we have your backing and all your encouraging messages have been very motivating – THANK YOU!
For the few of you that haven’t [...]

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Because worse than death, there is suffering…

In an effort to understand the French equine market in more detail, we have been researching the origins of horsemeat available in supermarkets within the different departments of France. Our findings so far indicate that France is a mass producer of horses for meat, but a fair proportion of those are not slaughtered here in France, [...]

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It’s castration day for Titos!

Unfortunately today was the day Titos lost his male trophies…..yes it was time for the little chap to be gelded!
Castrating donkeys is more risky than performing the procedure on horses as they have a tendency to bleed a lot more. The procedure was performed with Titos standing the whole time. All went very well and as [...]

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Hugo the happy hacker!!

It was lovely to hear from Hugo’s adoptive family today with an update how brilliantly he is coming along.
Pippa and Hugo have formed such a trusting bond and all the patience and kindness she has shown towards him are paying off.
This once agressive and neglected pony has turned into an obliging friendly little chap and he and Pippa [...]

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Little Annie saved in the nick of time

ERF are delighted to report that they helped to facilitate the rescue and re-homing of a lovely 9 month old donkey called Annie last weekend.
Annie had been due to go to market the past weekend where her future would have been very uncertain – many of the foals from this market are taken straight for slaughter. [...]

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Yet another foal!!

Last year ERF re-homed a lovely chestnut mare called Mavis to a family in the Charente. There was always a possibility that she could be pregnant as she had lived in a field with a Spanish colt. The vet scanned her in December and said that she wasn’t pregnant….but she kept getting bigger and bigger! They [...]

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ERF Annual General Meeting

Our first ever ERF AGM will be held on:
Friday 30th May at 7pm
at La Grande Galerie, Rue du Temple, 86400 Civray.
All Members are welcome to come and meet the ERF team and discuss our progress and plans. At the AGM, the current Conseil d’Administration steps down and the new Conseil d’Administration is elected from the Members [...]

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Busy week for ERF!

The past week has been a busy one for us to say the least!
We were asked to inspect 2 separate welfare cases after concerns from members of the public. These horses are now under surveillance and we have commenced actions to get the situations rectified.
The weekend was spent fencing a field for ERF’s rescue mare and yearling that [...]

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Report on Arab dispersal sale 30/4/08

Yesterday saw the Arab stud dispersal auction at Le Roc, Dordogne take place. We can happily report that none of the horses were bought by the meat man and I am sure that many will already be in their new homes enjoying the life of luxury they deserve. The rain managed to leave most of us looking [...]

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