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Every day thousands of horses around the world suffer. Some travel for days in overcrowded lorries to slaughter, some work until they drop to feed their poverty-stricken Third World owner’s families, some starve through uncaring neglect in an English shed. Operating internationally, the International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) is one of the world’s leading equine welfare charities, and improves the lives of many of these horses. Our political campaigners, international training teams, UK Field Officers and Rehabilitation Centres are all working towards a world where the horse is used but never abused.
The ILPH was founded in 1927 by Ada Cole with the aim of stopping the long distance transport of horses to slaughter. It has improved conditions for slaughter horses enormously over the years but we continue to push towards a ban on the long-distance slaughter transport of live horses, changing it to a carcass only trade.
In the United Kingdom the ILPH runs 4 Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres. Their aim is to rehabilitate abused and neglected horses and return them to an active life. There are currently nearly 2000 horses on the ILPH loan scheme. The ILPH has a national network of full time ILPH Field Officers, nearly all ex-mounted policemen. They investigate more than 1200 welfare concerns a year, inspect markets and check the horses on the ILPH loan scheme.
The ILPH works with communities in the Developing World running training courses in saddlery, farriery, veterinary care and nutrition. They teach local people and then give them the knowledge and tools to teach others improving the general welfare of horses, donkeys and people in the area.
The ILPH is a caring but pragmatic organisation which relies totally on the support of the general public to continue their work. For more information contact ILPH, Anne Colvin House, Snetterton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2LR Telephone 0870 870 1927, E-mail hq@ilph.org, or visit their website www.ilph.org
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