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Rachel is rescued by Hungry Horse Outside

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On the morning of November 8th 2013, Hungry Horse Outside received a phone call regarding a horse is distress. A mare who had been trapped in a drain overnight. The mare had been trapped for so long she had stopped fighting for her life, she had accepted she would die and no one was coming to help her.

Upon arrival at the location, the directors quickly assessed the situation, they realised that the mare would die an unthinkable death if they could not manage to get her out rapidly. They immediately called the vet and neighbours offered to help pull the horse out. It was a long operation and this little one would not have survived without the quick thinking of our directors.

Hillary desperately tries to save Rachael from this death trap

After a long struggle, she was out and Hungry Horse managed to get her standing. They loaded her into the horsebox and brought her back to the yard for emergency treatment. It was then discovered, at just 3 years old she was in foal and because she was trotted as a yearling she suffers from arthritis in one of her back legs.

Rescued Horse
Safe at last!

The little mare has been named Rachel after the woman who alerted Hungry Horse to the scene, she is expected to make a full recovery and will be seen by a neck and back specialist next week.

Donkeys get some good news!

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Who remembers our massive influx of donkeys? We had 28 at the last count!

Well a good friend of ours convinced a friend of his to let us use a few acres of land for some of the donkeys. So we dropped 3 over one day.
We proceeded to geld, microchip and mark each of them and drop them one by one to this piece of land. We had 10 on the land to date.
Today as we dropped yet another two over we met Ciaran a man who has been helping look after our growing herd. (12 altogether). He informed us that our donkeys had been adopted by the whole community of Drumlish/ Ballinamuck. All the neighbours have taken it upon themselves to look after the donkeys, to bring them carrots and give them a scratch and have come together as a community to look after their welfare.

After all the negativity we are forced to report, it gave us such an lift to hear that we have a whole community are willing to care for these donkeys without ever been asked. It restores my faith in humanity. I believe they even have their own Facebook page! That same man Ciaran, then showed us yet another 5/6 acres that we are now allowed use for our 3 pregnant mares, who we know will be equally as well loved as the donkeys.

The team at Hungry Horse Outside and the horses, ponies and donkeys would like to take this opportunity to thank Ron and Ciaran but especially want to thank a lady called Anne McGee who instigated the whole adoption by setting up their Facebook page and has asked all the neighbours to drop vegetables to the donkeys. Anne you truly are an angel, you have done something magnificent and the team will never forget what you have done for our donkeys. I would also like to say a massive thank you to all the residents in the area of Drumlish/ Ballinamuck for the kindness they have showed towards these animals who once faced certain death.

COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS ALIVE AND KICKING IN THE MIDLANDS

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Some time ago we took in two donkeys called Seamus and Bartley, who had suffered horrendously at the hands of a cruel and callous owner.

We nursed them back to health and eventually fostered them out to a man in Delvin Co. Westmeath. This particular man also fostered a pony called Mighty Mouse, a little pony who also suffered horrendously but was brought back to life by the volunteers at Hungry Horse Outside.

Anyway upon arrival at their new home, they were an instant hit with the community. EVERYONE pulls together to look after their needs, they have loads of visitors and are spoilt rotten by the locals. I have also heard that Mighty Mouse has been adopted by the local children who take great pleasure in riding him and looking after him. I just received a text tonight saying they have built 3 brand new stables for our trio in the village.

THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF!

A huge thank you to the community of Delvin who spend so much time showing these abused animals there is kindness in the world. We are so proud of you the community and them for making such an impact on all you guys.
A special heart felt thank you to Denis Murtagh and Sean Barry who encouraged the community to get behind our boys. Well done to you!

THEY EVEN FEATURE ON THE DELVIN WEBSITE.

Influx of Donkeys

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Hungry Horse Outside are completely inundated with colt donkeys.
At last count we had 20 ready to castrate.

That’s a lot of testosterone in the air around the yard.
Although there is so many of them we are confident once castrated they will all get new homes.

Had these donkeys not been taken in by Hungry Horse Outside each and every one of them would have starved to death.

Abandoned Donkeys

Maizie is rescued by Hungry Horse Outside

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It is with heavy hearts we bring you Maizies story.

On Friday evening,(20/09/13) Hungryhorse Outside received a phonecall regarding a little pony in distress. When Maizie was found, we were utterly horrified at her condition. Words alone are not sufficient to describe the misery of this little pony.

Imagine hitting your thumb with a hammer, imagine that pain continously, imagine trying to function with that pain in ALL your fingers.
That is only a glimpse of Maizie’s suffering. Poor Maizie is covered in lice and has a horrendous kidney infection, so severe when you touch her kidney area she kicks out in distress.

This pony has suffered for 20 + years, her owner insists her hooves were trimmed 6 MONTHS AGO. It’s organisations like Hungry Horse Outside,that are picking up the slack and the bills because of peoples ignorance and inhumanity.

We have had a vet’s report done and have administer pain killers to this little girl, she will receive a visit from a master farrier on Tuesday or Wednesday at the very latest who will also do an official report on her condition. Sadly combined these reports will seal this little girls fate.

Neglected Horse with curves hooves
Curved Hooves due to neglect.

 

Castration

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Castrating a Donkey
Donkey awaiting castration

In a bid to combat the problem of overbreeding of equines in Ireland Hungry Horse Outside enforces a strict castration policy.

It is prevalent that we do so as each stallion is capable of reproducing hundreds of unwanted horses/ponies/donkeys throughout the span of its lifetime. We would encourage anyone with a colt to please consider castration as an option. It not only alleviates unwanted breeding but also makes horses more homeable.

Since the beginning of 2013 Hungry Horse Outside have castrated 63 colts (a colossal figure), a huge but necessary expense.
Each colt costs on average €100 to geld. Please ,please start castrating your colts.

Abandoned Ponies

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Mistreated Pony
Frighteningly Skinny Pony

Despite a tremendous summer we have received a worrying amount of calls regarding abandoned and neglected horses, ponies and donkeys. There was a huge rise in cases involving equine abandonment in 2012 and sadly this is only the beginning of what we face.

On the 14th of August 2013, the team at Hungry Horse Outside anxiously announced the arrival of 12 abandoned ponies adding greatly to our substantial herd.

These ponies were left to fend for themselves on barren land, many of whom had little or no human interaction. The whole operation cost roughly €2500 and the team would like to thank the members of the public for their support.

Corky Arrives at Hungry Horse Outside

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Mistreated Horse
Corky was left to die in a cage, only 3 months old.

It started out as an ordinary day, the sun was shining, the yard was buzzing with new arrivals.
Until, one of our directors went to check on a mare who she had been keeping an eye on.
When she got to the area where the mare and her little foal had been grazing, she encountered a scene of intolerable cruelty.
Upon further investigation she found little Corky, just three months old, locked in a cat cage. Left to die. A disgusting act.
His mother just taken from her needy foal. At such a young age, Corky’s prognosis did not look good, however, he received lots of TlC and milk substitute when he arrived at the centre and now looks set to make a full recovery.

Fingers crossed for little Corky!