Posted by on Apr 15, 2010 in Association News | 0 comments
To our wonderful supporter who gave us a very unexpected donation – one we hadn’t had to beg for or spend hours ‘earning’. As you can tell, donations rarely happen in the ERF world but they make a huge difference to our ability to follow up on welfare cases and campaign to improve welfare standards. Every cent of this donation will be used to help us make a difference,...
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Posted by on Apr 8, 2010 in Association News | 1 comment
We’d like to say a huge thank you to those that attended the quiz night at Harvey’s restaurant and bar in Montcaret last Friday. ERF supporter Helen Barnes and other attendees on the night raised a fantastic 75€, which will go towards our fund to buy a specialist camera for our investigations work.
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Posted by on Mar 20, 2010 in Association News | 1 comment
Last Saturday Helen Barnes, from the Dordogne, organised a 20 km fundraising walk in aid of ERF. Helen was joined by a band of walkers, some with their dogs, all keen to kindly help raise funds for ERF.
The walk was initially organised as a sponsored ride on horseback, but the EIA outbreak in the vicinty that week meant that plans quickly had to be changed as it was decided to be too great a...
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Posted by on Mar 9, 2010 in Association News, Rescues | 0 comments
Sometimes we are asked to take on and rehome equines, that often for health reasons or their age, are too vunerable to be advertised for sale by the owners. Belle is one of those ponies who had some physical difficulties, probably as the result of being used as a broodmare in the past, and could therefore only be used as a companion in the future.
We are fortunate to have some excellent people...
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Last week ERF’s young male donkey, Vinnie, was successfully castrated. This is the first time that we have had an equine castrated lying down over here, normally they are left standing. Everything went smoothly and Vinnie was soon up on his feet and is now healing up nicely.
If you are interested in becoming Vinnie’s guardian then please contact us at ERF. Vinnie’s new home...
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Posted by on Feb 17, 2010 in Association News | 1 comment
The beautiful and very charming Columbus set off to his new adoptive home in Brittany today, where he’ll live with Lyn and her other 2 horses. We wish them all the very best as they form their new friendship together.
We’d also like to thank Lizzie and Sarah who have been kindly fostering Columbus these past few weeks and who have looked after him so well.
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