'It's just gut wrenching': Horse rescue organisation at capacity as drought conditions take their toll

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Karen Hood first started a rescue shelter for heavy horses when she couldn't find somewhere to keep a horse in need. Now, the shelter is so much in demand that high feed prices and drought have brought it to capacity.

As drought conditions and high hay prices add further strain to those living on the land, the organisation has been getting calls to rescue horses from around the country.

"We've taken horses in from South Australia, northern NSW, Victoria and we do the whole east coast and south coast," Ms Hood said.They are developing a horse welfare education program to help minimise the neglect and poor treatment of horses upfront. "That's our next step, to put a program together just to teach people the basics of horse welfare," Ms Hood said.

It would benefit horses like Diesel, who came to Heavy Horse Heaven a year ago and could not walk properly."We have some really bad days where it's just gut wrenching and it's really hard to deal with, but then we see the success stories and it's really fantastic," Ms Hood said.

 

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