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Destruction, Devastation, Starvation

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Destruction, Devastation, Starvation team HHO need you. This is happening right this second in Ireland. Animals are starving to death. We posted yesterday whilst our internet activity has been quiet we certainly haven’t. Yesterday our team spent the day rescuing horses and ponies. We’re devasted at what we found. Horses eating clay, staggering around what used to be fields. Little foals shaking and shivering. Mammys with foals at foot heavy in foal, nothing more than bones. Perhaps with all our storms lately horses are simply not priority and whilst we did our best to grab as many as we could yesterday, sadly we could not take all we wanted to and tonight we tell you of them all. We don’t usually tell you until they are all safe. However we promise you we are hell bent on getting every last one of them. We won’t let them die there and we won’t allow the last taste in their mouths to be muck. Our hearts are breaking here in Longford. A tsunami of equines in need are calling for us but we are mere mortals . We are not super heroes, we do not have infinite space, infinite time and infinite resources . We are not in this for glory or praise we are a small group of people who do our Damn best to help as many horses as we can. We can only do it with your support. Some of the ponies are safe with us, as many as we could get, we’ll be going back for the rest as soon as we get the go ahead. The cost of running the lorry is circa 200 Euro a trip. The animals are in such poor condition they need rugs at 60-80 Euro each. Each needs a passport at 30 Euro each, marking and microchipping another 50 each. Urgent veterinary care???? Who knows how much it will cost. The basics of worming and delousing. The Colts will need gelding when they are strong enough. The cost of food! Our hearts are breaking for these animals. Today we watched that little grey mare try and look after her little foal with a lump in our throats and sheer anger bubbling inside us. We spoke about the ones we left behind with a sickening feeling in our stomachs they need us and we neeđ you. At times we think we have hardened towards neglect and nothing surprises us but the past few weeks have shown us we havent. The same passion is inside all the volunteers that was there when we established 4 years ago, this small team won’t give up. We’re determined here in Longford not to let these animals down.
If you would like to support us our PayPal is hungryhorseoutside@gmail.com each Euro will be a help

 

Tough times for Hungry Horse Outside

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Help Please
Good evening everyone. We can truly say We have just had a day from hell. Our whole team of volunteers have been out in force battling the elements to get animals to safety after the storm. We can safely say Longford is submerged in water. Fields not even prone to flooding are underground. Some of our own land with Our field shelters have also been affected. We’ve been out since dawn, rescuing and almost rowing home. A record number of trips to the vet were made today. The volunteers cars and vans could not withstand the floods so our jeeps were not off the road today.
We sit here tonight and think of the day, we managed to get horses off the main road where their fence had fallen Down and their field submerged. We aided many people with moving their animals to safety, we prepared for incoming animals and we tried to fix up our own place damaged by the storm. We rescued an injured duck (a first even for us) dogs, cats, little foals and yearlings. Tomorrow our day is filled again. We must try and get more suffering animals to safety.

We don’t ask very often but please if you can at all help us help the animals in need. HHO intend to help support the animals and their owners in the wake of this devastation by helping get their animals to safety and helping with extra feed, rugs, shelter if and when needed.
We also need to support the animals in our çare and with the vet, feed, straw and repair bill on the rise we need your help.
More photos tomorrow of the 20+ animals rescued today. We’ll be counting on you all. We know it is coming to Christmas and we know things are tight but please consider a once off donation to help us help the animals in need the best we can.

Rescued Duck
Flooding Longford
Flooding Longford

Horses Eating Hay

New Charity Shop and Education Centre

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Hungry Horse Outside are delighted to announce we will be opening a 2nd hand shop and Education Centre in the heart of Longford Town, we have been working for months in the background to secure a suitable premises and finally with the help of two local business people, we found and secured the perfect venue.
We are hoping to be up and running in about 1 month, All profits from the shop will be returned to help with the care and rehabilitation of the hundreds of horses, ponies, donkeys, mules and even doggies and cats we help each year. With winter looming, our most difficult months are just around the corner and we’re hoping with your support we can ease at least some of the financial woes the charity experiences during the dark, wet, cold months

Sooooooo now we need your help!!! (Please)

WHAT WE REALLY NEED:
Good quality, clean clothes and shoes,
Bags and accessories.
Jewellery,
Books,
Cd’s and DVD’s
Homewares,
Soft furnishings,
Toys,
Furniture,
Bric a Brac
Horseware, saddles, bridles, rugs, girths, bits, headcollars etc

So if you are having a clearout, please consider donating the above to our project, your house will be decluttered and you will make a huge differences to the lives of Ireland’s forgotten animals.

Kieran and Cliona join the team

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What can we say about this little child only we’re very very proud to have him on our side. A remarkable young man who dedicated his time to ensuring the HHO ponies residing at his house have the very best chance of getting a home. Kieran put his little heart and soul into HHO Annabelle and sadly on Friday he was devastated to see her leave.

Although heartbroken to see Annabelle go after spending months handling, grooming, spoiling and eventually riding her , Kieran put his own feelings aside and walked Annabelle to a lorry where she began her journey to a better life, knowing her new family would love her just as much as he did and at 10 years old knowing another pony needed him much more than Annabelle did.

We’re so so proud of you and your little sister Cliona who is flat out setting up obstacle courses and feeding carrots to the rest! You two are our heroes and well done to you both. we’re so proud of you both and thank you for joining team HHO.

Young Boy leads Horse to new home

Beautiful Ruby Blossoms!

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So Ruby’s time with us is coming to an end, a full 17 months has passed since we found her on that horrible winter’s day. Our hearts burst with pride when we see the girl that stands before us today. At just two years old she towers over her companions, she is beautiful on the outside and inside.
What we found that day was a bag of bones, legs rotten with infection, a little yearling so weak that we were unsure if she would live but Ruby had a fire in her, a desire to live and was willing to accept the hand that was being offered to her. Our darling girl has grown up right before our eyes, the past just a distant memory, a beauty with her whole life on front of her. Every moment of worry, every sleepless night, everytime we had to lift her to help her stand, every tear we shed was worth it, would we do it again? YES!

Healthy Horse in Field

A New Life at HHO

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Welcome to the HHO family little man! We’ve been waiting for what seems like forever for you to decide it was time to meet us! Happy mammy and healthy baby born last night and out for a stroll with some of the other mammies this morning.

Newborn Foal and Mare

Run Free Bella

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This morning we bring you some heartbreaking news, yesterday afternoon our little Bella passed peacefully with those who loved her. It was the professional opinion of her vet and her farrier that the kindest thing to do for her was let her go. We had all been worried over the last number of days and weeks that her progress had slowed and in fact was non existent, she was finding it harder and harder to walk, her treatment wasn’t having the effect it needed to be having on her much to the disdain of all who had a part in her rescue and her aftercare.
Like everything in life, the hardest thing to admit is when you have lost. We won a series of mini battles with Bella but ultimately previous neglect won the war, it too much for this very special little girl.

The little girl who was so unwanted by so many people, who lived a life of torture, was also the sweetest kindest little girl one could meet.
We had her life mapped out for her, she’d never want again, she could stay with us for the rest of her life, nodding around with some of our oldies, she’d always have a place to call home, we wanted to show her the world, a world of kindness and compassion something Bella missed out on all her life. In 7 short weeks Bella stole the hearts of the team at HHO,since receiving the devastating news yesterday that she wouldn’t get any better, there has been a quiver in the voice of anyone speaking her name, eyes watering in those who were listening, we’re devastated to say the least, our hearts ache today, there is someone missing around the HHO yard this morning, a void that will never be filled.

Bella’s stable lies empty this morning, her little gate still hanging as if she is still there watching what activity is around the yard, her rubber matting still in place and a bed of straw fit for a princess remains unslept in. After what has been such a difficult week, we’re at such a low. Our beautiful girl, with her beautiful heart is at rest now, we’re hoping she knew how much we cared about her, how much we loved her, how much we willed her to live and be happy.

Rest now sweetheart, you were one in a million, we’re so happy we plaited your mane, groomed your little body. smuggled extra carrots into your stable, took all those moments to sit and speak to you.
Thank you to everyone who sent Bella little gifts and thank you to everyone who sent a donation towards her farrier and veterinary treatment, to those who sent bottles of “buteless” to help with her pain.
Bye Bye Darling girl, we’re sorry we couldn’t save you, we tried so so hard. xxx

Darling Bella