Page 52 - Hillside Anniversay Newsletter

2015

We Celebrate 20 Years Helping Animals...

2015 was a special year as it marked twenty years of Hillside.
So much had happened we could never hope to cram it all into
these pages, but we tried to include the major highlights and
the lowlights! Overall, it is a story of learning... learning about
the incredible intelligence, friendships and bonds between
animals - and also between animals and people, and how those
bonds remain strong over time.
It is easy to let all the cruelty we have witnessed become too
much to bear. Some people have told us they find it hard to live
in a world where so much cruelty exists. However, we take
heart from all the kindness we have seen from the many who
have helped us so generously over the years. We are extremely
lucky to have such compassionate supporters. We are asked to
help animals in need on a daily basis and, since the horse crisis
began in 2012, rather than mostly individual animals, we are