Page 27 - Hillside 2015 20th Anniversary Newsletter
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2015
Somehow Twenty Years Have Passed...
And so we find ourselves in 2015, twenty years after Hillside now asked to give a home to herds of them!
was founded. So much has happened, we could never hope to It is only due to our kindly supporters, along with our hard
cram it into these few pages, but we have tried to include the working staff and volunteers, that we have been able to take in
major highlights and the lowlights! Overall, it is a story of an incredible 600 horses in the last three years - and hundreds
learning... learning about the incredible intelligence, friendships of other animals - some of whom gave birth soon after arriving,
and bonds between animals - and also between animals and all of whom are now living safely and contentedly at Hillside.
people, and how those bonds remain strong over time.
However, none of this would have been possible without
It is easy to let all the cruelty we have witnessed become too Wendy Valentine, whose dream to help animals became a
much to bear. Some people have told us they find it hard to live reality on such a scale, only because she is truly tireless and
in a world where so much cruelty exists. However, we take simply never stops helping and caring for animals from the
heart from all the kindness we have seen from the many who smallest fly to the largest dairy cow. She has inspired us all to
have helped us so generously over the years. We are extremely work harder, try harder, hope harder and to make things
lucky to have such compassionate supporters. We are asked to happen that we never really believed could... Wendy breathes
help animals in need on a daily basis and, since the horse crisis the spirit into Hillside, and the animals are very lucky to have
began in 2012, rather than mostly individual animals, we are such a champion.
You may see a short film ‘20 Years of Hillside’ by clicking this link.
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