Posted by on Jun 10, 2010 in Association News | 0 comments
The Animal Medical Care Foundation (AMCF) have once again brought a big smile to our faces at ERF when we recently received a parcel of donated medical products from them.
AMCF are a Netherlands registered charity operating from the Netherlands and France and run by volunteers who supply medicines, medical equipment and other care products to animal shelters.
The wormers, antibiotics,...
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Posted by on Jun 6, 2010 in Association News | 0 comments
Come along and say hi to us on the ERF stand, looks set to be a great day out for the whole family!
We’ll be there all day so do come past and stop for a chat. We’ll have our donation tin so bring all your spare coppers! We’ll also have t-shirts for the summer and our cosy fleeces great for the long winters, plus our box of English books.
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Posted by on May 29, 2010 in General News, Horses, Tourism | 0 comments
Within the space of a few weeks I’ve seen both ends of the spectrum of horse welfare from the extreme neglect of the unwanted souls at markets, to the minutest attention to detail paid to the horses behind the scenes at the Saumur 3* 3DE.
After recent outings to several Foires des Chevaux, it was wonderful to be going to a horse event simply for fun, with no intent other than to catch up...
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Over the last few months we have been investigating some of the larger horse markets in France. We have invested heavily in surveillance equipment to record the evidence we need to effect the necessary changes. If we do not film or photograph unseen, then we run the risk of losing information. We were noticed photographing the huge sore on the female donkey’s hindquarters (see below), and...
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Posted by on May 15, 2010 in General News, Welfare | 0 comments
The appeal against the sentencing of James Gray and his family was rejected on Wednesday the 12th of May at Aylesbury Crown Court. All sentencing was upheld, with Gray receiving a a lifetime ban from keeping horses, a 26 week prison sentence (sadly the maximum allowed for such an offence) and instructed to pay £400,000 costs. The other four family members had minimum disqualification periods...
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We thought Nanette deserved a post all of her own as the transformation in her from the neglected little donkey we rescued in June 2008, is nothing short of inspirational! Those of you who remember Nanette will also remember the dreadful state her feet were in, they had been neglected for many years.
After x-rays were taken of her feet to assess whether she has any pedal bone rotation, the...
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