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Horses and Ponies Looking for
Loving Homes |
Tanya and Cassie |
Despite nearly 100
companion horses and ponies being rehomed by a leading equine welfare charity
in the period September 2000 to March this year, many are still looking for
homes.
Comments Nadine Hawkes, Operations Support
Manager at the ILPH (International League for the Protection of Horses),
"We were overwhelmed at the response from people wanting to home companion
horses and ponies. Normally applications for a loan animal are for riding horse
or ponies, so we were thrilled to have homed so many companion animals so
quickly."
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The ILPH philosophy is that
all ILPH horses and ponies should lead happy lives in private homes where they
can receive personal care and attention. The aim is to nurse sick animals back
to health, rehabilitate them, break and school them, if necessary, and find
them suitable loan homes.
Now, due to a large intake of welfare cases
(nearly 40 in a couple of months) the ILPH Norfolk Centre is, in NHS speak,
short of beds !
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Tanya, Cole & John William |
Tanya and Motif |
Adds Nadine, "We are now full to
capacity and these 20 or so Norfolk based companions desperately need to find
homes. If we dont manage to place them we will have no room to take in
any more emergency cases.
"Not all the companions
are old, some are young but cant be ridden because of birth defects or
injuries sustained before they came to us. They are all at our Norfolk Centre
through no fault of their own and they all now deserve lots of tlc in loving
homes".
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Companions seeking homes
come in all shapes and sizes, from Swallow a 25 year old black thoroughbred
ex-military police horse who left the force after being hit by a London bus, to
Cassie a claustrophobic 13.2hh Welsh Cross pony who has to live outside all
year, or lovely Cole an 8 year old coal-black thoroughbred described as an easy
horse to do, with the sweetest temperament.
Those interested in one of the companions
desperately seeking loving homes should call 01953 497238/497231 to make an
appointment to come and see them.
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Tanya with Ellie and Swallow |
Registered Charity No. 206658
www.ilph.org
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