Success Stories

Tegan-Jai is a remarkable 14 year old. When she was born with an inoperable brain condition, her parents were told she would never walk, talk, eat or live beyond her first birthday. But Tegan defied her prognosis with the help of our Equine Assisted Services sessions.

Barbara has worked as a volunteer at our Brunel retail shop in Newton Abbot for eight years.

'Working at the Sanctuary has completely changed my life. It’s my happy place.’ 

We rescued another mare and foal from a complex situation involving 12 other equines. The adorable Dartmoor colt foal, named Chandler, and his dam Chandrani are enjoying their new home.

This winter, we took in two mares with their foals at foot from two separate welfare cases. Nia was the first mare to arrive, with her beautiful two month old Welsh filly foal Netty. They were part of a large multi-agency rescue and arrived at our Beech Trees Veterinary and Welfare Centre on the 8th November.

Zahra’s carer Lesley rehomed her just after the pandemic when we were able to restart rehoming. Lesley provides her with the best possible care and Zahra has become one of the family!

Emma was one of the participants of a ‘This Girl Can -Exercise with Equines’ scheme, funded by Sport England and run by us here at the sanctuary.

When Galina let us know that she could provide a home for two of our rescued ponies, our team couldn’t have been happier.

Rehoming is just one of the ways that you can support us, enabling more room at our sanctuaries for urgent rescues. Ruth knew when she met Merry that she’d make the perfect companion.