Being able to breed from your
favourite mare must be one of the most fascinating and rewarding achievements
for someone with a real interest in horses. To watch the foal grow and develop
in to an amazing horse like its mother creates a great sense of pride.
For any one who has bred, they
will know the whole process is very rarely simple or passes with out at least
some form of complication. It is when faced with a serious crisis when even
your vet can not help you can turn to the experts at the National Foaling Bank
for help.
N F B Objectives:
To provide an adoption service
for orphan foals, by matching them to suitable foster mare, which has lost its
own foal. The service also takes on nearly impossible cases of savaging mares,
problem foaling mares (haemolytic, cancer, twinning…) and foals that need
24-hour nursing. They will also be happy to give advice, which is drawn from
their 35 years of experience.
N F B People:
The founder of the NFB, Miss
Johanna Vardon M.B.E has dedicated herself to the Trust. This is proven by
their astounding statistics. Since being established in 1965 they have been
responsible for 14183 cases and some 58,000 calls for help and advice.
N F B Costs:
As you can imagine this valuable
service requires a great deal of financial support to ensure that it continues.
However in terms of losing a foal the cost of membership is insignificant. This
will ensure that 24 hours a day practical help is always available, furthermore
any member can telephone at any time of the day or night.
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