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Redwings Top Story
16 May 2012 by Redwings Press Office
An off duty ‘police horse’ has alerted rescuers to a tiny foal that was abandoned or lost on Sunday in South Norfolk, and in doing so saved its life. Redwings are currently caring for him, but we are now appealing for the foal’s owners to come forward.
Jeeves, the partner of Mounted Special Constable Acting Inspector Richard Tallent, had been turned out after an afternoon patrolling the rural lanes of Norfolk as part of Police Initiative Operation Randall, which also includes Redwings Guardian horse Bert and his guardian Nicola Rix. But when he checked his horse after dark, Richard noticed that the 14-year-old bay gelding was on edge and kept nervously looking to a neighbouring field. When Richard investigated, he found a cold, bewildered new-born foal clearly confused and alone.
The local Police were alerted, but the owner has yet to be found. The foal – named Dodger by his new carers - is currently being cared for at Redwings headquarters in Hapton, South Norfolk, where he is receiving round the clock care and two-hourly feeding sessions from our vet team.
When he was found, the foal was estimated to be less than 48 hours old. He was suffering from dehydration and may not have survived if Richard and Jeeves had not found him when they did.
Redwings in Action
22nd May 2012 by Redwings Press Office
We were absolutely thrilled at the turnout for the Redwings Show at Topthorn on Sunday May 20th! Thank you to everyone who came along to support us! We had over 320 class entries across more than 60 classes at the charity’s event, which included qualifiers for TARRA, Veteran Horse Society, EQ Life Wayland Show and the Royal London Show as well as Donkey Breed Society affiliated classes for the first time this year.
Read more and see the results here...
02 May 2012 by Redwings Press Office
An orphaned foal rescued by the RSPCA from Merthyr common in Wales is now beginning a new life here at Redwings. The tiny chestnut foal, since named Gin, was found by a member of the public when he was just a few hours old, all alone in the Mountain Hare area of Methyr Tydfil. His mother was nowhere to be found, and despite the RSPCA’s best efforts, she was sadly never located. No owner came forward for the foal and RSPCA officers were naturally concerned for his future, so they approached the team here at Redwings and he has now been transported to our headquarters in Norfolk to be cared for by our resident team of vets and carers, who will match Gin up with a suitable surrogate mother to help him as he develops and grows.
10 Apr 2012 by Redwings Press Office (update)
Redwings has released figures and information which suggest that since 2009 the abandonment of horses has nearly tripled.
In 2009, 160 horses were reported to our Welfare team as being abandoned, and in 2010 that figure was 241. The figure for 2011 was 450, almost three times as many as two years ago. So far in 2012, an astonishing 396 abandoned horses have been reported to the Redwings Welfare team up to the end of March.
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