Horse Aid Canada

How does a horse end up in the slaughter pipeline? This is how. And hers is just one story of many. 🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴 Attending horse auction is not an easy thing to do. Inevitably there are horses whose conditions break your heart. Rescuers go in knowing this ahead of time. They show up anyway, thankfully. The people at the Horse Sanctuary at Finn Farms once again did just that. As soon as they laid eyes on one particular horse they knew they had seen her before. Sure enough, she...

Dee lived her early years as a dressage horse. She was retired at 16 due to soundness issues despite much investigation weren’t able to be fully diagnosed. She came here live at the Horse Sanctuary at Finn Farms to enjoy friends, forage, and a good retirement. She was a true beauty, and like a ballerina, her movement was ground covering and effortless, her presence commanding. It wasn't long after Dee arrived that she began to have recurring injuries. It was only by watching her on camera at...

Every story is special but the ones about little girls and their horses .... there is just something extra special about those. 🐴👧❤️ This beautiful mare became part of a wonderful family so their daughters could have a horse of their own. Already a senior, she was a kind and loving mare, taking very good care of her little humans. Unable to be ridden due to navicular and arthritis, she became their pasture friend. The girls spent part of almost every day with her, loving her, brushing her...