Good News! Release Of OBP Horses

Finally! The really good news!

After many months of hardwork and unfortunate delays we have finally reached the milestone of having the horses released from OBP.

To date the 13 stallions have been moved to HHCU who are assisting with the gelding of these and will be taking care of the pre- and post- operation aspects. The horses for good reason have been a little difficult to work with initially rearing and lashing out, but over the past few days 6 are already stabled, and will be gelded in the next few weeks, and they are having success at getting the horses to start trusting humans once again.

All the mares and filly’s too have been put into foster care and are coming along very well. A large majority of them are starting to allow touching and are already eating out of hand. There is still a long hard road to follow in the rehabilitation of these horses, but they are now in safe and loving environments where they will now start their journey of being a horse again.

There are a few people we would like to thank for the assistance:

• Patrick Kaye (foster home)
• Ashleigh (foster home)
• Tracey Saxon (foster home)
• TAC Transport (facilitating transport of first batch of mares and filly’s from OBP)
• Edward Evans (Veterinary services)
• Jo Lotter (facilitating transport of balance of filly’s and mares from OBP to the various foster homes)
• Bianca and Clinton for fostering the first batch of horses for the first few days of their freedom
• Kathy Thersby and Bronwynne for putting time and effort in to finding foster homes and potential adoptive homes and keeping us on our toes.
• To everyone who has played a part in us reaching this point, no matter how small it was.

However this is only the beginning. The care of the horses in foster does come with certain costs and needs that need to be met and we appeal to anyone who can assist with the following:

• Donations of feed and grass bales (large round bales are generally the most cost effective)
• Halters, blankets, flymasks and fly spray (they do not need to be new – 3 old blankets are better than 1 new 🙂 )
• Deworming
• Bedding for those who are stabled

We appeal to anyone who has any of the above and can afford to donate such. You will be making a world of difference to the very horses that have been through the mill to ensure that the entire equine industry has the medication that is required to treat all our horses.

Kind Regards

Craig

ARC