Posted by on Jan 11, 2011 in Association News | 0 comments
Horsemeat has already been figuring in the French news this year, with opinions divided about production and consumerism between the separate sections of the food chain. There are some real concerns about the market changes affecting the numbers of the indigenous, local French breeds whose continued survival has latterly depended upon their value as a meat animal. Once prized for their meat...
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Milly and Ellie are two beautiful older (17yo and 18yo) Arabian mares who are urgently seeking a new home due to a desperately sad change of circumstance.
Milly, the grey, has been with her owner all her life In her younger days she won at top level, showing in hand and under saddle, and was latterly a brood mare.
Ellie joined Milly a couple of years ago, having served her time as a...
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Grace has returned to the ERF fold after her previous guardians have had to return to the UK. We are now looking for a permanent guardian who can bring her on and give her a secure future.
Grace was born whilst her mum was with ERF and spent her first few months in our care. Sunrise was rehomed when the mushroom farm that she provided manure for closed down. She had a foal at foot and was in foal...
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Posted by on Nov 13, 2010 in Association News | 9 comments
The ugly are those to whom horses are a commodity and who seem to have forgotten these animals are sentient beings. The most culpable in the chain are some of the dealers and transporters, and unfortunately we witnessed abuse from nationalities across the board.
One of the Dutch dealers, who had been buying and selling all day, was riding a cremello Iberian type round bareback in a headcollar...
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Posted by on Nov 2, 2010 in Association News | 2 comments
We visited the October horse market at Maurs this week, one of the major fairs for the sale of animals into the meat trade.
Vehicles from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium and Holland as well as all regions of France were evident. We were there early to watch the unloading of well over a thousand equines – there is a quite unbelievable disparity in the transportation used. Big tractors towing...
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Posted by on Nov 1, 2010 in Association News | 2 comments
Mondial du Lion, the young event horse world championships held at Le Lion D’Angers was a celebration of the pleasant face of the horse world.
The competition is for the stars of the future, with a championship for 6yos and 7yos at this stage of their career. The three phases of dressage, cross country and show jumping are designed to test these young horses on ability and performance, but...
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