Back Pain Study in French School Horses

Posted by on May 7, 2010 in Horses, Welfare | 0 comments
A fascinating chiropractic study has been undertaken in two French riding schools. A worrying 74% of horses were found to have severe back problems, with only 26% with mild problems, or unaffected. About 60% of horses had problems in more than one area. Nineteen horses were examined and assessed at work and rest, and the resulting findings then compared to the way the individual horses had been...
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Home needed asap for Cairanne

Posted by on Oct 12, 2009 in Association News, Horses | 0 comments
The beautiful Cairanne has been on our website looking for an adopter for a few months now. Although she is 22 yrs old, she is in good health and could be lightly ridden by a competent person. Being good with other horses means she would also make a very good companion for a lonely horse or as a nanny to youngsters as she has been a broodmare herself in the past. She is papered, microchipped and...
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Charity vide grenier dept. 17

Posted by on Apr 5, 2009 in Association News | 0 comments
Charity Vide Grenier in aid of Equine Rescue France & Medecins sans Frontieres To be held at Moulin du Lary, 17270, Cercoux Saturday 2nd May 2-6pm A great fun day out for all the family with refreshments available on the day Pitches to be reserved by April 31st by contacting Christina on 05 46 04 91 77 or chris.hernon@aliceadsl.fr ERF would like to thank  Christina (our chief fundraiser!)...
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Another old horse in a sad state reported to ERF

Posted by on Mar 6, 2009 in Association News, Horses, Welfare | 0 comments
At the end of January we were alerted to a horse in dept 24 which was severely malnourished looking. The relevant authorities were immediately alerted and worked very quickly in locating an owner. It appeared that the horse was very old (thirties)  and could not eat properly due to missing teeth and an abscess on the side of her face. Yesterday, sadly the horse was spotted covered up under a...
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Runaway horse in Paris

Posted by on Feb 19, 2009 in General News, Horses | 0 comments
A Republican guard got thrown from his rearing horse yesterday in the centre of Paris. The horse then proceeded to go on the run dodging traffic for 15 minutes. Both horse and rider sustained little more than minor injuries in a situation that could have been so much worse. You can watch the clip here.
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