Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 in General News | 0 comments
There are just 4 days left to listen to the very interesting Spindles Farm report that was aired on Friday on Radio 4. You can listen to it on BBC iplayer here.
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Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 in Association News | 0 comments
Last Saturday was a chance for horse lovers in the La Souterraine and surrounding areas to get together and watch Adam Sheresdan use his natural horsemanship techniques on a variety of different horses throughout the day. We took along Zurito (a horse rescued by Trina before ERF was formed) for Adam to use who, was impeccably behaved all day .
It is always interesting to see different Natural...
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Posted by on Jun 10, 2009 in General News | 0 comments
Some of you will have already had your first crop of hay made this year before the rain came. In France hay can be made slightly earlier from the UK, from about mid May depending on what part of France you live in, with some people managing to get a second cut later in the summer.
Here is a useful site explaining the hay making process and also some info on haylage here.
If you are wondering...
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Posted by on Jun 4, 2009 in Association News | 0 comments
Just to remind those of you that didn’t see our posting in February for the horse whisper day, please click here to have a read.
It’s being held at La Souterraine next Saturday, tickets must be booked in advance.
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Posted by on Jun 1, 2009 in Association News | 1 comment
Yesterday was the ERF summer fete and what glorious weather we were blessed with down in the Dordogne. Approximately 500€ was raised from the raffle and donations from the generous stall holders, raffle prize donators and members of the public who attended. Thank you to everyone who turned up and supported this event, we hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as we did! It was nice to meet so...
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In June last year, ERF rescued 3 female donkeys from a yard in dept 24 – Lena, Belle and Nanette. We knew there was a possibility that any of them could be pregnant as they had been in with entires. Well this week Lena, who lives with Belle in the Vienne, gave birth to a beautiful healthy male foal. Lena’s guardian Jane, who has named the new foal Vinnie, arrived at the field just...
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As we think of booking our holidays to far away places, or maybe even a break away closer to home here in Europe, please spare a thought for the equine workers in the tourist trade and help to prevent their suffering.
The Brooke charity are urging holiday makers to be responsible tourists and follow the ‘Happy Holiday Horses code‘.
Obviously, in some countries animals are an...
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Posted by on May 20, 2009 in Welfare | 0 comments
Whilst we are all looking forward to the long summer days this year, spare a thought for our equine friends who may not have quite so much to look forward to. Summer brings with it some unpleasant nasties, one in particular is flies…and a dangerous place for them to linger is around the equines delicate eye area. It can be quite distressing for some horses, who toss their heads about and...
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Posted by on May 8, 2009 in General News, Welfare | 2 comments
Last month we reported about the outbreak of Equine Infectious Anaemia in the Vars region of France – see here.
Sadly, 11 horses who tested positive to EIA have now been euthanased. Read report here.
Another 3 horses this week have tested positive and will have to be euthanased, bringing the total to 14 horses.
The virus that causes equine infectious anemia is transmitted by biting...
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Posted by on May 8, 2009 in Association News, Rescues | 3 comments
We thought you’d like to see some new photos of ERF adopted ‘gentle giant’ Goliath, he is such a lovely horse and well suited to his role of helping children with...
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Posted by on May 5, 2009 in Association News | 0 comments
We would like to say thank-you and a big well done to Parlez vous Français and all the children who made arts and crafts to sell at market, raising 90€ for ERF!
Also, thanks to Anna Thompson for her help in this and good luck with the sponsored ride thats coming up soon.
If you can organise a fundraising event, get sponsored for doing something or can simply rattle a tin at functions, ERF...
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Equine Rescue France is warning UK horse-lovers of the pitfalls of ‘rescuing’ French horses through so-called ‘French rescue’ websites. Purchasers are sought through emotional pleas made on these sites, claiming that the horses are in imminent danger of being transported on a horrendous journey to the Italian slaughterhouses and can only be saved by substantial donations...
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Today ERF placed Maddy, Poppy (Maddys foal) and Elly (Maddys sister), with their new adoptive family Tracie and Dave and their 3 beautiful horses.
After a little encouragement, all 3 donkeys were loaded and heading off to their new home in the Haute Vienne countryside. Maddy and Elly are sisters of Asal that we re-homed last Sunday. We are very grateful that Tracie and Dave decided to offer all 3...
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Asal and Boris have been introduced into the same field…
I think they are going to become best of friends now!
It’s very important for donkeys to have company and they build firm pair bonds, which is why ERF only rehomes single donkeys where there is already a donkey, or at the very least another horse/pony.
Read some interesting facts on donkey behaviour here...
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A few weeks ago we were contacted by a lovely Dutch couple who were looking for a friend for their lonely donkey, Boris. We think we found the perfect match for him in Asal, a 4 year old donkey gelding of a similar breed and size to Boris. Asal’s owner had approached ERF last year to find loving homes for some of his donkeys, he wanted to ensure their future would be secure throughout their...
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