40 horses found abandoned in awful conditions

When rescue mission started, the help arrived too late for some of them. The investigation revealed that the owner of the horses was a prosecutor who abandoned them on purpose and we are still waiting for the correct verdict against this criminal.

The people who can afford health care for their sick and injured horses, prefer to spend their money on a “new” younger horse who will also be exploited.

“There is something special about Ion’s story that fascinates me and makes me feel humble and respectful. There is a drama that can’t be told in words.

In both scenarios, the owners utilize the horses until they die. They are pushed to extremes — even when they are severely injured—until they die from exhaustion, starvation, or disease.

However, not all horse owners are ignorant!

Most horses in Romania are used for intense labor and transport, especially in rural communities. There are an estimated one million "working horses" in Romania. Years ago, the European Union explicitly required that all horses be identified and registered, but thousands of horses were never registered so they could be sold for meat—this is unusual. legal in Romania.

It says a lot about the humans’ bond with animals, but also about some humans’ nature, the simplicity and purity of a person who doesn’t have much to offer except his own kindness and friendship.

It’s difficult but in the same time, emotional to see people of a certain age, that could be a parent or a close relative of any of us… surviving with dignity in misery and showing a major and sincere concern for their best friend, who is in most cases an animal: a dog, a cat… or in Ion’s case – a horse.

If you were born a horse in Romania, your life is horrible. You are exploited, you work day and night, you are beaten often. When your body is in pain, you do not get treatment.

“Please, don’t let my buddy die!” cried Ion, an impoverished local farmer.

Together, we can save this horse – I simply know it because we care and because we helped so many animals in the past. Ion is counting on you, on us… and I am hopeful that I will find the right words to better explain you the drama of these seniors and maybe we can find a way to give constantly aid to these people who are genuinely concerned and caring about their pets, who doesn’t expect much anymore from their life and find a real joy to see their pets in good shape around them.”

A few years ago, Ion came to us for help. His horse had been injured and was never treated. The horse’s injury eventually turned into a tumor that grew to an abnormal size.

MASS HORSE GRAVE DISCOVERED.

In 2012, sperm from hundreds of horses was discovered by a local journalist outside Galati, Romania. The investigation revealed that the horses had been whipped.

As you read these lines, a horse has been sacrificed to the illegal trade meat market.

If you pump your sperm, you run the risk of being abandoned in the field, without water, and dying. Some of the abandoned horses were beaten by girls and trampled. If you fiddle with a girl's shoes and you get tired, no one will care how you feel. You are at the mercy of your employer, who can sell you for a small amount of money to the illegal sperm industry.

We can’t save them all. But together we can try to save as many as we can.

In the village of Smardan, official veterinary records indicate that 200 horses disappeared between 2008-2011.

It’s hard and disturbing, but if you can watch the video, you understand how the horses are suffering in Romania day after day. Silence is killing animals around us. Silence will never put an end to animal abuse!