Every year, 100,000 horses are transported across Europe for slaughter.
These cruel and barbaric journeys have to be stopped. There is no reason for this live transport to continue when horses can be slaughtered at source and transported as carcasses.
It is totally unneccessary for horses to leave France alive to be slaughtered in other EU countries. In France alone there are 111 abattoirs...
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Posted by on Jan 9, 2010 in General News | 2 comments
We have been contacted by the owner of 2 miniature horses who were stolen of the night of 29/12/09. Bailey and Tinkerbell were bought 4 weeks ago as a way of getting back into horses after a riding accident left their owner paralysed from the chest down and in a wheelchair. They were the ideal size for him to groom and take for walks and he was planning on showing them this year.
Their...
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Posted by on Jan 8, 2010 in General News, Welfare | 0 comments
Some breeds of horse will be coping better with the cold weather than others. Our friend Gazza has no problems being a rotund Norwegian Fjord, and isn’t letting a bit of snow get in the way of his grazing (obviously he’s the one with his head down)!
Have a look at our older blog postings on how to deal with equines and cold weather, or if you have any concerns about equines you...
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Posted by on Jan 2, 2010 in Association News | 0 comments
Missing from Etagnac area, Charente (16).
Dun Henson gelding rising 4 yrs, approx 15hh. More info here.
Please contact 0545317556 if you have any info on him, or contact...
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Posted by on Dec 31, 2009 in General News | 0 comments
Regardless of their actual birth date,the official administrative birthday for horses is tomorrow, January 1st. This date originally came about to make it easier to define age groups in racing for Thoroughbred horses. Nowadays, January 1st is marked as the horses official birthday in most Northern Hemisphere countries including France (in the Southern Hemisphere it is 1st August).
Foals of most...
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Posted by on Dec 23, 2009 in Association News | 0 comments
Christmas is upon us once again and another year has nearly passed. 2009 has been a busy and productive year for all of us here at ERF. Many welfare cases have been investigated and thankfully many resolved. We have rehomed numerous horses, ponies and donkeys into the most wonderful forever homes and would like to take this opportunity to thank all these Guardians for opening up their homes and...
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