‘Rehome A Horse’ Month Hailed A Success For World Horse Welfare

World Horse Welfare’s ‘Rehome a Horse month’ has been hailed a success after more horses were rehomed during March compared to the same month last year. The campaign, in its second year, was to raise awareness of the fantastic range of horses and ponies we have available at our four UK Rescue and Rehoming Centres. We declared March as ‘Rehome a Horse’ month to encourage more people to consider rehoming rather than buying by highlighting a number of different case studies where horses had remarkable stories of recovery such as Homer our former Adoption Horse who has now been transformed after being found in a field with his headcollar embedded into the top of his head which had caused a huge wound that was infested with maggots. Last month an impressive 23 horses and ponies in total were rehomed from our Rescue and Rehoming Centres. This compares to March last year when 15 horses were rehomed. Deputy Chief Executive at World Horse Welfare Tony Tyler said: “It is fantastic news that we have rehomed so many of our horses and ponies. I’m sure we will continue to feel the effect of the campaign over the next few months as well. We desperately need people to consider rehoming a horse or pony from us as all of our centres are once again full to bursting point after our Field Officers were so busy dealing with welfare concerns during the winter. We would urge people to think about rehoming rather than buying as we always have lots of wonderful horses available for rehoming.” For more information and to see the selection of horses World Horse Welfare has ready to be rehomed please visit www.worldhorsewelfare.org/rehoming

More from

• IVC Evidensia assembles expert team to run new £10m referral hospital
• Home delivery service can increase pet health plan sign-ups by 25%
• Research reveals vital clues to help fight anthelmintic resistance
• Lifetime Achievement Award recognises Harrogate vet’s dedication to improving the health and welfare of rabbits
• Bake sale at Leicestershire vet practice for good cause