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  • About Us Overview

    We are an international charity whose values are grounded in pragmatism and compassion that strives to support and improve the horse-human relationship in all of its guises.

    World Horse Welfare's vision is a world where every horse is treated with respect, compassion and understanding.

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    • Our Organisation Overview
    • Our Vision and Mission
    • Our Approach
    • Your Impact
    • Our Finances
    • Our Conference
    • Our past Conferences
    • Our Founder
    • Our History
    • Our Culture
    • Our promise to supporters
    • Our core resources
    • Our work Overview
    • Who we help
    • Who we work with
    • How we help
    • Our People Overview
    • Our Staff
    • Our Trustees
    • Our Patrons
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    Your impact

    Your impact

    You help us operate in 300 communities across 17 countries worldwide.

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    About Us Overview
  • What We Do Overview
    • Around the world Overview
    • Our work globally
    • Worldwide collaborations
    • International Coalition for Working Equids
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Responsible tourism
    • Helping horses during Covid 19
    • Our Positions Overview
    • Working equids and the SDGs
    • Sentience
    • Responsible horse ownership
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    • Our Campaigns Overview
    • Horse smuggling 
    • End the long-distance transportation of horses across Europe for slaughter
    • Campaign for us
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    • Research Overview
    • Funding and Grants
    • Our Research
    • Horses in need Overview
    • What is a horse in need?
    • Our impact on UK horses in need
    • Horse welfare in the UK
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    • Sport and leisure horses Overview
    • Sport and leisure horses – our responsibilities
    • Our vision for the responsible involvement of horses in sport 
    • What is a social licence to operate?
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    • Work and production horses Overview
    • Our impact on work and production horses
    • Who we have helped globally
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    Help vulnerable, neglected and abused horses receive the care and rehabilitation they deserve.

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    A gift in your Will is a very special way of helping improve the lives of horses in the UK and overseas.

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  • Advice Overview
    • Well being essentials Overview
    • The 3Fs – Friends, forage and freedom
    • Horse health essentials
    • Horse nutrition essentials 
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    • Behaviour Overview
    • Changing horses’ routines 
    • Training: how do horses learn?
    • Stereotypic horse behaviours
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    • Health Overview
    • Worms: how to control them in horses
    • Colic in horses 
    • Equine Metabolic Syndrome 
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    • Environment Overview
    • Rugging horses: when does your horse need a rug?
    • Pasture management for horse paddocks
    • Poisonous plants in horse paddocks 
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    • Nutrition Overview
    • What should I feed my horse? 
    • Weight management strategies for overweight horses 
    • Weight: is your horse the right weight?
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    • General Advice Overview
    • Fireworks: keeping your horse safe
    • Traceability: what does it mean for your horse? 
    • Horse theft: how to prevent it
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    • Worried about a Horse? Overview
    • Find out how to report an emergency or a less urgent situation in Great Britain.
    • Welfare Wednesday Webinars Overview
    • Upcoming webinar
    • View all previous webinars
    • Horses Explained Overview
    • Explore our video series where experts explain what your horse wants you to know.
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  • News Overview
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    • Latest News
    • Rescue Stories
    • Our Blog
    Featured Article
    Featured Article

    Pint-sized pony Pam melts hearts as she appears on Good Morning Britain! 

    Shetland pony foal gallops off with the hearts of everyone she meets as she appears live on national television.

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    Latest News
    Latest News

    Detangling a prickly situation to help a Shetland pony and his new owners

    Some help and advice from our Field Officers can make a big difference for horses and ponies of all shapes and sizes - and their owners too.

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    Rescue Stories
    Rescue Stories

    Life beyond rescue: Bobbie

    We catch up with rehomed Dover 26 pony, Bobbie.

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    Our Blog
    Our Blog

    The rescue of 70 unhandled Icelandic horses

    We catch up with Deputy Chief Field Officer Jon, to find out why rescues like this are lifesaving.

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  • Worried about a horse?

    Find out how to report a welfare concern here
  • General enquiries

    +44 (0)1953 498 682

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  • To donate

    +44 (0)1953 497 239

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