Recent content by Dobsie

Well said Ezme. I for one will be very happy to hear that some slaughter houses have been opened in the US for all the reasons already expressed.

[ QUOTE ] You have made no reference to my comment about why there is still a meat trade in Hungary, even though there are no rescuers to fuel it? [/ QUOTE ] erm - because they eat / export the meat? No-one is saying that horses are ONLY bred for rescuers, just that more horses are bred...

Mairi - how reliable is the vet check / health cert situation in Italy? Ideally this is what should happen in France, but it is just so simple to circumnavigate the system so I wonder if the same is true for the rest of the EU?

Thanks GtF - great starting point. Right Mairi - what was your question? Why don't we just pick up where we ended last time

Yeah! I think you should. Ya shucks to the button pushers

It was a real shame as the info in the GonetoFrance posts was bang on the mark IMO. Maybe GtF can come back here and do it all again if it's not too much bother

Well said DM. We're donkey mad too - we have two rescues in with our horse (a rather large Breton). One of the donks we got at only 5 mths as she was on her way to Italy to the abattoir and the Breton very much adopted her - they now stick like glue together which is lovely. We have now...

Once again, we are a registered not-for-profit organisation bound by Loi 1901 in France. Whilst this may be providing alot of amusement for many of you, please remember that there is a pony starving tonight, lying in his own excrement on his own in the dark and we have the ability to take him...

Equine Rescue France is legally registered not-for-profit association based in France (Registered August 2007, Declaration: W862000830, Montmorillon). For more information, please see our website below. We are in the position of being able to help a pony currently being starved and denied...

Thanks Tia and JCWhite - hopefully we can all work together to improve equine welfare over here.

On behalf of Equine Rescue France, I would like to clarify the following points: We are an independent association that has been formed by a group of individuals with a common desire - to improve the welfare of equines in France. As individuals, many of us have rescue horses, either ones that...

As I am one of the ERF founders, much as I love a good healthy debate, I have to admit to simply wanting to comment on a couple of points raised: 1. The website is currently only in English because we wanted to get it up and running quickly. It is a temporary one that I have knocked up to...