Starved to death in Spain

What words can really describe the pain inflicted upon a herd of beautiful and well-bred horses owned by a Brit living in Andalucia, Spain?
Out of Sue Jenkins’ initial 50 horses, around 16 have already starved to death on scrub land and the remainder are alive but have only limited food and water supplies. Sue Jenkins denies all allegations of neglect and [...]

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2 Horses disappear – Charente (16)

Please be vigilant….
We have been alerted to the dissappearance  4 days ago of 2 horses from a field near Confolens in the Charente.
They are a 10 yr old coloured mare and a 15yr old coloured stallion. The mares foal, a coloured mule, was left behind. There are no signs of these horses escaping, it is being treated as theft. If [...]

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Piona de Sevres

Another busy day at ERF - we picked up Piona, a beautiful Baudet cross whose elderly owner is no longer able to look after her. Despite never having travelled before and not being used to head collars, she loaded well and wasn’t too stressed at the other end. She is now in the field beside Nanette [...]

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Urgent home needed!

This 5 year old bay gelding is in urgent need of a home as the dealer who owns him will sell to the abattoir if a private home is not found very soon.
He is approx 15.2hh and of thoroughbred type. He is excellant with all other horses and is very gentil around people, he would [...]

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Look how our rescued friends have progressed…

One of the best parts of my job is when I receive updates on how the ERF rescues are getting on. The Guardians (our new name for adopters) are all such wonderful caring people and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their dedication to these guys and gals.
A few words from Hugo’s Guardians…
“Hi just a [...]

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WSPA come to visit

Yesterday we were very happy to welcome WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) to ERF HQ. Kerenza and Maggie came to understand more about what we are trying to do, and what we have achieved so far, in order to assess our suitability to become a member society of WSPA. We had an action [...]

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Horse & Hound-live transport video report

Last week Horse & Hound magazine news editor Abigail Butcher joined up with World Horse Welfare’s Jo White to track the journey of live horses going to slaughter from Poland to Italy, a 1700 mile trek. This journey can often take 4 or 5 days, and with the abolition of border controls this now means it is often a non stop journey of [...]

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