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Animal Stories14 ponies rescued
December 2021 proved to be particularly busy with new arrivals at our member World Horse Welfare’s Penny Farm Rescue and Rehoming Centre, who welcomed 14 little Welsh ponies on the 13th of December. The group came from a very sad situation – their owner had passed away and the family was unable to provide the […]
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Animal StoriesMiracle for tiny sick kitten
Tiny kitten Yoda had collapsed by the time he arrived in Together for Animals member Blue Cross’ care – and wasn’t responding. It was very clear to the team at the Victoria animal hospital in central London that the frail weeks’ old kitten was in grave danger – all because he was taken away from […]
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Animal StoriesUpdate: Ponies rescued
In late-February 2021, two ponies arrived at Together for Animals member World Horse Welfare’s Glenda Spooner Farm Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Somerset, after being rescued from a small walled garden where both had been kept for many years. Their arrival marked the end of a complex rescue after numerous attempts by World Horse Welfare, […]
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Animal StoriesLifesaving treatment for a newborn foal
Two-day-old Sara the mule was rushed to Together for Animals member SPANA’s centre in Chemaia, Morocco, when she became too weak to stand. Despite a straight-forward birth, without any complications, Sara’s health quickly deteriorated and she was suffering from intense pain. Her owner, Hassan, was extremely worried about the foal, and borrowed a van to […]
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Animal StoriesPenny found tied up in the woods
Three-year-old Penny, like many of the animals our members care for, had been through a lot before she was found. Towards the end of last year, a member of the public found Penny abandoned in the woods. She had been tied to a tree and her front and hind legs had been tightly bound with […]
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Animal StoriesHorses rescued before winter
A herd of 15 Thoroughbred horses whose needs weren’t being met has been rescued from a site in Devon. The horses – which had been left at the farm following an eviction – were beginning to lose weight as winter approached but the landowner was able to use the Control of Horses Act, which allowed […]
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Animal StoriesKittens find loving homes
Four kittens rejected by their mum have been hand-reared at Together for Animals member Blue Cross and found loving homes. Widget, Gidget, Tiddles and Wiggles were born in the care of the Bromsgrove rehoming centre near Birmingham in September after their mum Gracie arrived as a stray. Animal Welfare Assistant, Amy, explains: “She had been […]
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Animal StoriesGinger’s story
When seven-year-old stray Ginger came to Together for Animals member Mayhew with a fractured hind leg, their vets had a tough decision on their hands in terms of potential treatment for the cat. They considered surgery to attempt to fix and set the bone and amputation, and it was eventually agreed that in Ginger’s case […]
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Animal StoriesTreating Yves’ painful wound
Yves the donkey, from Mali, was suffering from a painful wound on his back and needed to stay at Together for Animals member SPANA’s stables for treatment. Yves supports his family by working in the Badalabougou rubbish dump in Mali’s capital city, Bamako. He works seven mornings a week transporting waste, which makes it possible […]
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