Education

Geraldton TAFE Meets Save Equus

Save Equus thanks the students of Geraldton TAFE Equine Studies for their interest in Save Equus and the welfare of horses. The students and teachers recently spent the morning with members of the Save Equus Animal Welfare Team and Ballesteros a recently rescued horse in the care of Save Equus. Read

Animal Hoarding – Trends in Equine Welfare – April 2008

The Management Committee of Save Equus would like to provide the following advice concerning the situation known as Animal Hoarding. Save Equus has experienced a number of significant cases of Animal Collecting or Animal Hoarding in the past 24 months and believes this phenomenon is a serious threat to the ... Read

How skinny is too skinny?

Save Equus regularly receives calls direct from members and the public about horses of concern. We work cooperatively with the other agents of the Animal Welfare Act 2002 and once we have identified that the horse reported to us appears to be neglected or being treated cruelly, we liaise with ... Read

A Cautionary Tale

One of our committee members has recently been through a truly harrowing and distressing experience, with her three horses all getting sick with a mystery illness. No-one seemed to know what the problem was and, in spite of the valiant and dedicated efforts of her vet, she lost one of ... Read

Pepper

Pepper came to us in 2005. When she was found she was under-weight, with part of her hoof missing. Save Equus was contacted because the RSPCA, in view of her state, had recommended she be euthanized, but her owner was looking for another alternative. It took a long time to mend ... Read