We work alongside the police, fire and rescue services, vets and other charities to rescue horses, ponies and donkey’s in the South West of England.

Horses that come into HorseWorld’s care often need emergency care and we have vets on call 24 hours a day to assist with rescues. Our dedicated team of grooms work around the clock to save the lives of horses.

Once we rescue a horse and it has been nursed back to health, we can begin rehabilitation work. Our training team work patiently with horses from all backgrounds, in most cases we don’t know their history, so training begins with the smallest steps to gain the horse’s trust. Some horses go on to have wonderful ridden careers whereas others have psychological and physical problems, so they live a quiet life as a companion pony.

We are currently campaigning to make amends to the Animal Welfare Act 2006 so that it includes stricter laws on tethering, currently we are not able to rescue tethered horses until there is evidence of serious neglect. It is one of the things that we receive the most calls about and it is a significant issue in the UK.

All the horses here have a story to tell, some have happy endings and some do not, but all horses that come to HorseWorld for however long know what it’s like to feel real love and care.