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Mares
arriving
pregnant
give birth
safely...

Jasper, Apollo and
Ace arrived in may

Pound Ponies...

Throughout 2019 we continued to take in horses In 2019, twenty of these in-foal rescued mares
and ponies who had ended up in Stray Horse thankfully all gave birth safely. Because foals are often
Pounds across the UK. Abandoned and unwanted, born in the early hours, our staff take it in turns to
these horses are rarely claimed and would have watch over the mares during the night to ensure they
been put to sleep had we not stepped in and have veterinary assistance on hand should they
offered to give them a home. require it.

Since the horse crisis began in 2012, we have taken A BIG thank you to everyone who has donated to
in over 1000 of these horses. All stallions and colts our ongoing Pound Pony Appeal. Without your
are of course gelded and all horses are de-wormed continuing donations, we would not be able to carry
and vaccinated. Many mares arrive with us on helping these poor animals...
pregnant.
Here are just some of the stories from the year...

A Life Worth Living... Above, on arrival and, below, a month A Lice Surprise!
later, with a lot of TLC, Alice was well
These yearling fillies, through no fault on the road to recovery. We were asked to give a home to
of their own, found themselves in a this poor abandoned mare. When
stray horse pound. We named them she arrived, we noticed dark
Sarah and Sally... patches on her and thought she
had simply been splashed by mud.
We were taken aback when we
realised the dark 'spots' were
actually unusually large lice which
she was covered in from head to
hoof! Alice, as we have named
her, was treated and soon felt
much more comfortable

Pictured here are just some of many Above - To our shock we found this
pound ponies we took in during 2019. poor pony to be infested with lice.

Please Spare a Pound
for A Pound Pony...

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