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Summer We hope for sunny days and occasional rain showers to keep the grass
growing throughout these warm months. While out grazing our animals
are checked twice a day...
17 Horses and Ponies Arrive From the Stray Horse Pound
Now safe in the Sanctuary - below are the mares and foals from a
group of 17 horses and ponies who came to us from a stray horse
pound. Once we had agreed to give them a home at Hillside, to
save them from being shot, the pound were happy to keep them
until they could travel. One of the ponies actually gave birth while
waiting in the pound and their vet advised to wait a few days
until the young foal was strong enough to make the 300 mile
journey to Norfolk safely.
Left: Impounded - rejected and forlorn, a mare with her foal faced an
uncertain future. Below - On arrival at the Sanctuary...
Our Land Appeal was a Success! All Creatures, Great and Small...
During the summer, we were offered the chance to buy a This tiny Water Deer fawn was found by a member
4 acre area of land which sits between a 30 acre field used
by fifty of our special care horses and 15 acres of Sanctuary of the public, wandering in the middle of a busy road.
land where their shelters are situated. The landowner had
kindly allowed our horses to roam freely across the bottom With the mother nowhere to be seen, the only safe
part of the four acres, providing a vital link for them to gain
access from one field to the other to reach their shelters. action was to pick her up to save her from being run
With the land up for sale, we very much wanted to
purchase it, or else we would lose the vital link between over. Usually, any fawns found curled up or alone in
our Sanctuary fields. However, funds were low and so we
launched our Land Appeal to see if we could raise the
necessary funding to buy the land. We are very happy to
report that, thanks to the kindness of our supporters, we
were able to raise the necessary funds
and purchased the land.
the countryside are safely waiting for their mothers,
who leave them to go off to graze for a while, then
return. So, unless the fawn is in danger or distress it
is better not to disturb them.
This little fawn is pictured here with an extremely
tame elderly deer who is disabled and who is happy
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