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Horse owners urged to plan aheadAs Redwings receive more than 100 calls every month from people who want to retire their elderly but otherwise generally healthy horses, we have launched a new section of this site to offer comprehensive advice on how to deal with this situation.The section provides detailed information on how to find a retirement home for your horse or pony if you are no longer willing or able to take care of it. We do not resent receiving 1200 phone calls a year on this subject but we do want to encourage horse owners to think ahead when considering the future. “Many horse owners simply do not take the time to prepare for their equine’s retirement before it happens,” explained chief executive Lynn Cutress. “Retirement can be forced to take place earlier than expected because of injury or illness, but even when it is required because of old age many owners are caught out, unprepared to keep the horse or pony themselves but with no clear alternatives.”
Owing to indiscriminate breeding and therefore the sheer number of equines currently in the UK, sanctuaries like Redwings are increasingly full and do not have the resources to take in private retirements. “Redwings has to reserve the limited places we do have for rescue cases and welfare concerns, of which there are sadly more than enough,” continues Lynn. “We do take some retirement cases but only in exceptional circumstances where welfare is an issue - and this is just a few every year.” There are options, however, and the new retirement section of these pages offers a number of solutions for you to consider, including loaning your equine as a companion animal or finding a place at retirement livery. Follow this link to visit the new retirement advice section of this site >>>>>>>>>>>> To download our range of information leaflets go to www.redwings.org.uk/welfare-lfts.htm and for more advice on any horse care or welfare issues, please telephone 01508 481008.
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