Toni Veitch
horses. One is competing at affiliated dressage and
another is jumping BSJA.
I started taking rescue horses from bin end sales
to avoid them going to the meat men about 8 years We keep going because of our passion for horses and
ago, A friend of mine, Brian Streeton got involved even through the darker times when you think you
and after a few years of doing this we decided to can’t go on we always do because someone has to and
go “legitimate” if you like and we set up Bank End personally I couldn’t live with myself if I turned my
Equine Rescue as a Not For Profit company. Our ap- back on any horse that needed us. It breaks my heart
plication for charitable status is currently with the to see horses discarded because the owners can’t be
charity commission. We moved premises 2 years ago bothered to treat their problems, emotional or physi-
as we had outgrown our original site and over the last cal. I’m a veterinary nurse with over 20 years experi-
2 years have taken on over 70 horses, rehabilitated, ence, I am a big fan of homeopathy and use it when-
backed, nursed back to health and rehomed. We ever needed. Basically I do this because I don’t know
still have 38 on our yard now with 10 of those being how NOT to do it!
retirees who will always stay with us, some of our own www.bankendequinerescue.com
private horses and a good dollop of youngsters and ex
racers whom we are bringing on and should be ready
Karen Everhart
to go into long term loan homes in the summer. We
Passion is something which often cannot be captured
have a good mixture of horses, from native ponies
in words. My passion for the well-being of the horse
bought for as little as £30 to ex top level competition
flows freely from the joy that horses have brought to
my life over the years. The rescue started with a lone,
Why I Do It
photo-art by nick sokoloff
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