17/06/2024
HEARTBREAKING QUOTE FROM STRUGGLING HORSE OWNER
“I have less money than ever, I didn’t know I wouldn’t be able to work when I got my horse, now I’m going without food/ heating/ diesel to provide for him. I have a life limiting illness which has brought on pretty severe mental health problems, as well as dire financial stresses. If I didn’t have him, I’d have no reason to live but I can’t afford him.”
This is not an isolated case as horse owners across the UK struggle to keep their animals through the soaring cost of living crisis, and the effects of climate change.
Most horse owners have always put their horse's needs way above their own, the reality is that going without holidays, new clothes and meals out is no longer enough to keep their horses in the best way they can.
Selling would be like selling a child and an inconceivable choice, not forgetting that many horses are beloved old friends ,and are too old or retired to sell.
Read the results of the National Equine Welfare Council (NEWC) survey here ...
https://www.thehorsehub.co.uk/national-survey-reveals-worrying-trend