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STARSKY & HUTCH  RECENT RESCUE

GRAND DRAW WINNER
Michele Hickman from Alresford, Hampshire was the lucky winner of the Montacute 8 Seater Dining Set.  We phoned her on the evening of the open day to give her the good news.  She was so suprised, however she lives in New Zealand most of the year and she kindly donated it back to us.  We raised £3,300 in original ticket sales and then we auctioned it on e-bay and made a futher £980 - which is fabulous - a big thank you to the Garden Centre Group who donated the garden furniture and of course to all of you who purchased a ticket or bid for the furniture on e-bay



ALASDAIR MACGREGOR M.A.
17.06.30 - 16.03.10

Dear Members and Friends, we would like to say thank you to you all for the support shown yesterday 26th April at Alasdairs memorial service.  It was his express wish that the Society should continue and it is 'Business as Usual' at the SWHP.

 

 

 

 




LATEST RESCUE MAY 2010 - OLIVER THE ORPHAN FOAL





Established 1973 - A charity dedicated to the care of sick, injured or abused horses and ponies
The Society for the Welfare of Horses and Ponies (SWHP) has been run as a horse hospital for more that 30 years, taking in sick, injured or abused animals and nursing them back to health.



Visit of HRH The Princess Royal - Coxstone January 2004

There are usually between 30 and 40 horses and ponies in care at the Horse Hospital at any one time and no animal ever leaves the Charity's ownership. When fully recovered they are not sold but enter our loan scheme and are found homes matched to their age, fitness and abilities.

Applejack when we rescued him

 Applejack fully recovered and in a new home




Adoption homes are checked regularly and the SWHP now owns more than 250 horses and ponies, ranging from former racehorses to Shires and Shetland ponies.

Kaiser our Shire with Sebastian our Shetland Mascot

The Horse Hospital is near Monmouth, with 37 acres of grazing, 18 individual stables and four large field shelters sited in stoned coralls. There is a fully equipped special care unit where animals which are too weak to get to their feet unaided can be cared for in slings.

 

 

 

The Society receives several reports each week of horses in distress, many of them in pathetic condition through neglect or abuse. Many of our cases are urgent and we aim to be able to react immediately. On one occasion we were called by the police at a quarter to three on a Saturday morning in mid-winter because a horse had been injured on the road. We were on site, 33 miles from here, within the hour and the mare was safe in our stables by six o'clock that morning.



Biscuit in 2002 and Biscuit at a fun ride in 2007

 

 

 

 

SWHP Chairman Jenny MacGregor has been presented with awards by the British Horse Society and the British Equine Veterinary Association, and has been awarded the MBE in recognition of the outstanding work of the Charity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


We are enormously grateful to both Redwings and Bransby for the tremendous support which they have given to the SWHP and we expect this cooperation to continue well into the future.


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