Canterbury Horse Rescue

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                                         Canterbury Horse Recue

February has again been a very busy month for the staff at Canterbury Horse Rescue as well as one of mixed emotions.

"Wednesday the little pony which was abandoned outside the centre a few weeks ago sadly lost her battle to survive. Despite receiving our love and care she was not responding as we would have liked and after consultation with our vets we had to make a decision to end her suffering - for her , our help came too late.

Canterbury Horse Rescue's confidential helpline has received a large number of calls from concerned members of the public reporting animals in apparent distress, due mainly to the extreme weather we have been experiencing this winter. All of these calls were checked out by our Welfare Officers, most required no action apart from a little advice and guidance in a couple of cases. Generally our welfare officers were pleased to report that despite the appalling weather conditions most animals seemed to be copping. Canterbury Horse Rescue must stress if anyone has any concerns about an equine please contact them, every call is treated with the utmost confidence and will be investigated by our trained and qualified staff; such as a case reported by a concerned member of the public who called to report a large horse in poor condition. Our welfare officer investigated and found an emaciated and starving horse which required immediate action. The keeper of the horse was located and after discussion it was signed over to Canterbury Horse Rescue and removed to a safe home where we are pleased to say it is now recovering well. In this case thanks to a timely call from a concerned member of the public we were in time to save it.

On Saturday 27th , some time during the afternoon staff found that a fence had been cut and yet another pony had been left abandoned at the centre. It is a pretty coloured colt approximately 18th month old, not in the best condition and very much under weight, but staff are confident he will make a full recovery. He will be gelded when he is stronger and then placed on the Fostering Scheme, in the meantime he will receive all the love and care we can give him.

Canterbury Horse Rescue is still struggling to raise funds for it's new centre which is desperately requires to enable it to continue. We receive no help or funding from the government so we rely totally on donations from the public.

Every call it responds to, every case which is investigates, every animal it helps, all costs money !

Without your help we cannot continue in our much needed work.