Meet our Horses!

 

Over the last 3 years Brightside has taken in/rescued 70 horses and ponies some in a terrible state of neglect. We have 2 permamant rescue herds one  for the horses and one for the ponies that are not suitable for re homing. Many of the horses and ponies were destined for pet meat.

Each horse was caught, halter broken and float trained and then floated  to Brightside where they were fed, wormed, treated for lice infestations and 12 stallions were gelded and given tetanus shots. On a 12 hour day we could manage 4 horses so this was a huge undertaking.                                                                                                                              Although the RSPCA had been monitoring the horses with twice weekly visits we removed this 3 year old thoroughbred stallion pictured right who was unable to out run a person because he was so weak.

 All 22 horses were placed in vetted homes and 4 of them have stayed on to spend their lives at Brightside.

 

Thankyou to all the people who kindly made generous donations towards the re homing project and to those people who could offer a home.

 

 

 

 

 

below right -  Charlie with a fearful face, one of the mares that will live out her days at Brightside.

Below left - a two year old filly learning who is in charge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and pictured right she makes friends and is then float trained.

 

 

 

 

 

 

right. An eight year old stallion from the same property who will also live out his days at Brightside. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam

Sadly many old horses find themselves unwanted as they are considered no longer ´useful´.Many live out there days neglected in paddocks many more end up as pet meat.

Sam was no exeption he was 25 when he came to Brightside. He has been with us for 5 years. He was thin and neglected and his feet were in shocking condition. He did not like people and was hard to catch.  His eyes were full of pain and he trusted no one. Now he is active and friendly and loves a bucket of oats and his big warm winter rug. We think he knows he is safe and has found the place where he is happy.

 

 

 

 

 

Sarsh

 

Sarsh came to the sanctuary some years ago. She had been badly  starved to a near-skeleton. Her owner had a terrible temper and she was very wary of men. We came home with 3 horses from this property and have since re-homed two of them. The owner had thirteen horses on one acre of ground. She is alpha horse now …queen of the herd.

 

 

 

 

 

Every year in Australia thousands of race horses just like Myrtle end up at slaughterhouses to be killed for pet food or for their flesh to be exported for human consumption. 

 

 He was covered with lice and his stomach was full of worms. 

He has been adopted into a wonderful, loving home.