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Last Angel Equine Defence

Farewell beautiful Mum, may peace be with you

About Me

Last Angel Equine Defence is an equine rescue organisation
We aim to rescue and rehabilitate any horse or pony in need, with the view to rehoming them to suitable long term loan homes once they are recovered and ready to be rehomed.
Another equine rescue centre is clearly needed in the south-west as local equine charities are continuously full and are having to turn unwanted horses and ponies away every week.
We also believe that Equine Assisted Therapy is a valuable way of helping vulnerable adults and children. It has been shown that people benefit greatly from contact with equines, it is our mission to integrate people from the community and view the centre as a therapeutic rescource for anyone wishing to become involved with the horses.
Please also contact us if you are concerned about the safety or welfare of a horse or pony, and we will do all we can to help
You can pledge your support by visiting our website: Last Angel Equine Defence and clicking on the donate button. Or, you can click on the make a donation button on this page. It doesn't matter how small the donation is, it all helps! Thank you!
You can also help us to raise funds by visiting our shop at Cafe Press...
Come visit my store on CafePress! Or by helping us by shopping .. (see our easyfundraising banner further down the page)
We desperately need your help.
Please help us to help the horses!
Love and peace to you all.Yours for the horses
Cathy Lane xxx
We are committed to assisting and supporting other horse welfare charities and rescue centres both in the UK and overseas. We do this by providing them with:
-A helping hand to raise funds for their campaigns
-Spreading the word
-Assisting in finding homes for unwanted horses
The pictures below show Alfie's before and after pictures. The 'before' picture was actually taken a few weeks after he first arrived with us, and at that point, he had put on a little bit of weight, so you can imagine how bad he was at first! The 'after' picture is a happy healthy Alfie....as it should be!
Alfie Before
Alfie After
Last Angel BLOG:
Last Angel Blog
Please visit our blog!
Please help us to help horses by making a donation-any amount, however small, will help! Thank you
Click here to join our Horseangels rescue Yahoo group! This is our community of supporters and horse lovers, It's free to join, and We need you! Thank you
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You can also contact me about the horse angels scheme at
[email protected]
If you can make a donation, please click here:
For the horses,
Thank you !
Cathy Lane at Last Angel Equine Defence
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Last Angel Equine Defence needs your help to open its sanctuary,
and we need your help now.
All quotes from Animal Aid - Horse Slaughter in an English Abattoir
Read full article here:
Animal Aid Horse Slaughter in an English Abattoir
Further information, resources and how to take action can be found
here:
PLEASE sign the petition below to stop British Horse Slaughter. Just
click on the link below
Petition to stop British horse slaughter:
The following quotes by Animal Aid Director Andrew Tyler:
‘The fundamental problem at the heart of the horse slaughter scandal that we have uncovered is that these horses are bred to excess. They are produced for commercial reasons, by both the Thoroughbred racing industry and by those servicing the pet horse and pony market. When an animal is no longer useful, he or she is often simply disposed of. This is the fate of thousands of healthy horses and ponies every year.’
'The horses shown being killed in the Animal Aid undercover footage came from owners who either dealt directly with the abattoir or who didn’t know or care that their animals would end up in that establishment. What all former owners have in common is the transient use of their animal. They feel that their responsibility is relinquished once the horse or pony is of no further use to them.'
'There are alternatives to abattoir killing that all horse owners should be aware of: euthanasia by a vet; being killed by bullet in the horse’s paddock; sanctuary via a care centre with a loan programme; or committing to the welfare of a horse throughout his or her natural lifespan.'
Last Angel Equine Defence hopes to see an improvement in the way in which horses are disposed of, and some of the above methods employed; methods which will lessen the number of horses being killed in a slaughterhouse. But until such time, the problem remains.
'Euthanasia by a vet'
This would be a preferred alternative to disposing of a horse at a slaughterhouse, but many horse owners don't want to (or can't afford to) pay the fees for euthanasia.
'being killed by bullet in the horse’s paddock'
We cannot comment on this point in detail, but we would imagine that this would be quite a difficult thing to arrange, although, it would be an alternative to abattoir.
'committing to the welfare of a horse throughout his or her natural
lifespan.'
Unfortunately, many horse owners either do not wish to care for a horse for its natural lifetime. Many owners want a horse that can be ridden. If the horse is no longer useful to them, they dispose of it. Or, they may simply find that keeping the horse is too expensive.
'sanctuary via a care centre with a loan programme'
Sanctuaries in the UK are full to bursting point. For example, Redwings sanctuary receive more than 1200 calls a year from owners who wish to secure a place for their horse at the Sanctuary and other sanctuaries receive a similar number of requests. While sanctuary life would be the first option for many owners, it is simply not possible for this number of equines to be admitted to sanctuaries, most of which are already full.
More horse sanctuaries need to be opened in the UK, to help alleviate this growing problem.
Please help us
The English horses being sent to France to be eaten article - Sunday 20/05/07
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Article and leave comments
Please also visit The Last Angel Horse Sanctuary station at IAC: http://www.independentartistscompany.com/station.aspx?Statio nID=3094
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Thank you!!
Or: please contact us if you can offer any other help.
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THE BARBARIC HORSE RACING INDUSTRY.... LAST ANGEL ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING THE CAMPAIGN ON THE CRUELTY TO EQUINES IN HORSE RACING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE HORSE RACING ISSUE PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO VISIT ANIMAL AID
Office materials that normally end up in the bin - toner and inkjet printer cartridges, and old mobile phones - can be recycled to raise valuable funds for Last Angel Equine Defence. If you’re guilty of throwing away used printer cartridges and other recyclable office materials, read on!
click on the banner below. Once on the website, click on the RECYCLE NOW button, then where it says collecting for, pull down the dropdown menu and click on OTHER and then type in Last Angel Equine Defence as your chosen organisation.
Thank you very much Yours for the horses Cathy Lane
My lovely boy, Alfie (on the right) making a new friend xxxx
Race Horse Death Watch
Animal Aid's Race Horse Death Watch was launched just before the 2007 Grand National. Its purpose is to expose and record every on-course thoroughbred fatality in the UK.
The horse racing authorities have resolutely failed to put horse death information into the public domain, preferring to dismiss equine fatalities as ‘accidental’ and ‘unexplained’. Even when several horses die at a single meeting, the term ‘statistical blip’ is often deployed.
Animal Aid has produced a series of revealing reports over the last seven years exposing the welfare problems associated with Thoroughbred breeding, racing, training and disposal of commercially ‘unproductive’ horses. Our research indicates that an average of 375 horses are raced to death every year. One-third die on racecourses, while the others are destroyed as a result of training injuries, or are killed because they are no longer commercially viable.
Please click below to support this campaign!
Animal Aid Race Horse Death Watch /


The Horses' Prayer
Feed me, give me water, and care for me, and when the day's
work is done, give me shelter, a clean bed and a wide stall.
Talk to me. Your voice often substitutes for the reins for me.
Be good to me and I will serve you cheerfully and love you.
Don't jerk the reins and don't raise the whip.
Don't beat or kick me when I don't understand you,
but rather give me time to understand you.
Don't consider it disobedience if I don't follow your commands.
Perhaps there is a problem with my saddle and bridle or hooves.
Check my teeth if I don't eat, maybe I have a toothache.
You know how that hurts.
Don't halter me too short and don't dock my
tail... it's my only weapon against flies and mosquitoes.
And at the end, dear master, when I am no longer any use to you,
don't let me go hungry or freeze and don't sell me.
Don't give me a master who slowly tortures me to death and lets me starve,
but rather be merciful and take care of me,
by letting me run and enjoy a warm pasture.
Let me request this of you and please don't regard it as
disrespectful
if I ask it in the name of Him who was born in a stable like me.
An International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) report on the number of live horses for slaughter and horsemeat moving into and between the EU Member States.
Please note: This video contains graphic images which you may find upsetting. Click below to visit the ILPH website and support their work
ILPH Website
Help the Starving Lipizzaner Horses at Vucijak Farm, Bosnia - The Petition Site
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-the-starving...

90 Lipizzaner Horses at Vucijak Farm in Bosnia are being kept in appalling conditions, suffering from starvation and fatigue. The horses are dying. These horses need our help urgently. Three foals have already died due to starvation and conditions at the farm more are expected to die in the days to come.

My Interests

DIRE EMERGENCY 90 HORSES DYING OF STARVATION AT VUCIJAK FARM BOSNIA - 3 FOALS ALREADY DEAD, 4 MORE FOALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION - MORE DEATHS ARE EXPECTED PLEASE HELP IMMEDIATELY!

FUNDS ARE SO DESPERATELY NEEDED TO SAVE THE HORSES. WITHOUT FUNDS FOR FEED, HAY AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES, THE HORSES WILL DIE!! WE HAVE SET UP A PAYPAL FUND FOR THESE HORSES (SEE BELOW)

PLEASE DONATE WHATEVER YOU CAN....THESE HORSES ARE DYING!!!!!
Why is this happening?
After war broke out in Yugoslavia in 1992, Vucijak farm has not received the support of the state. It was once a European breeding centre for the famous Lippizaner horse, and has been selectively breeding these animals since WWII, but now it lies in all but ruins, the horses undernourished and dying, and the buildings collapsing around them. The farm is owned by City Hall Prnjavor and Government of Republika Srpska, both of whom are acting as though there is more than enough time to sort out the problems on this farm. Funds that have been raised in the past by NGOs and other welfare groups have disappeared into the administration, and no spending on welfare has been observed. Add to this the fact that farm employees have not been paid for many months at a time, and are currently on strike. They have not allowed volunteer workers into the farm to look after the horses as they see the horses plight as a lever for their own failing livelihoods. This means that in addittion to the pitifully meagre budget available for the care of these horses, they must undergo an even greater hardship while being used as pawns in this administrative farce. Thankfully, volunteers will be allowed back onto the farm as of next week.

NOA, a Bosnian animal welfare organisation and member of WSPA have negotiated an agreement with the authorities to allow their volunteer taskforce onto the farm. They also have a policy of transparency about spending. They will therefore ensure that any donations made to help these horses will go directly to rehabiltating the animals, and thereafter, the farm. They will provide interested parties who donate funds with expenses reports of the whole project on request (once it is finished)
NOA would like to help organise VUCIJAK farm in cooperation with other interested parties into a farm that is organized and run in the way that a farm such as Djakovo farm (see link below) operates.

PLEASE! These horses are dying NOW!!!! Read this update, Make a donation (even a small one will help!) and sign the petition.

Very Important Update on 90 starving horses at Vucijak Farm, Bosnia:
The situtation for the starving horses at Vucijak Farm has worsened. We already know that 3 poor foals have died but there are also 4 foals in a critical condition, we have just had this update from NOA:

At the time of NOA's last assessment, 4 foals were in critical condition, and will be unlikely to recover in the conditions at the farm. Bad news is expected for these foals. There are also grave concerns for mares in foal close to their due date. NOA have been waiting for a grant from WSPA which would have allowed them access to care for the horses 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately the banks have had administrative problems and the grant has not yet been received.

Further problems have been reported today 28 May 2008 which could take a further week to resolve. Add to this the fact that the temperatures in Bosnia are currently ranging from 31-36 degrees centigrade and will only get hotter. NOA had planned to have access to the farm before the temperature rose to these levels, but due to the administrative errors, the horses will be left to suffer and starve in the heat for another week without any help. Even when the grant from WSPA finally arrives, it will not be nearly enough to care for these animals for any more than a short time.

Last Angel Equine Defence has set up a fund for the Vucijak Farm horses via Paypal. Please! Donate any amount you can! These horses are dying. Now!!
Thank you
Click here to donate: Last Angel Fund for Vucijak Farm Horses
If you would prefer to donate by cheque or bank transfer, please contact us here HERE and we will forward the details to you. We will answer you quickly as this appeal is of the upmost importance to us.

Urgent Petition!
Please sign and forward this petition! Just click below Help Save Starving Lippizanner Horses at Vucijak Farm Petition
90 Lipizzaner Horses at Vucijak Farm in Bosnia are being kept in appalling conditions, suffering from starvation and fatigue. The horses are dying. These horses need our help urgently. Three foals have already died due to starvation and conditions at the farm more are expected to die in the days to come.
For more impact, please send an email to the UK and USA ambassadors to Bosnia. A sample email and details of how to donate funds to help the horses is here: Emergency Appeal for Horses at Vucijak Farm
The managment of farm, its staff, was starving horses on purpose, keeping them in the bad condition for years systematically in order to be able to attract donations and aid that would then "dissapear" without trace. On the other hand, the Ministry of Agriculture of Republika Srpska was the perfect ministry for the money laundry of the Republika Srpska yearly budget funds, the money would end up in the hands of ruling leadership without incriminating traces or evidence. Moreover, the farm Vucijak was important part in this money laundry scam since it was on the budget list of the ministry.
"Out of 80 millions KM, 60 millions KM will dissappear in the hands of politicians..." - citation of insider.Hence, while the farm managment did their scam, starving and neglecting the horses and trying to lure the donations in, keeping the farm in constant need of aid and assitance. The ministry could not do anything to prevent it or help the horses because then the farm managment could talk and reveal the money laundry scam of the ministry,( the farm staff would talk).

For latest updates and documents, please visit NOA's information portal for the horses of Vucijak Farm: NOA Vucijak Farm Horses

Please join our horse angels rescue group on Yahoo groups! Thank you!

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We desperately need help to raise funds to rent land and stables, if
we don't have that, we can't help the horses! please help us!
Click on the golden horseshoe banner on this page or visit our website: www.lastangel.org.uk Thank you !

The name 'Last Angel' came from a song I wrote about my mum who very sadly passed away on April 9th 2007 - Mum, this was our dream, and I will make it happen xxx

Sue Bundrick 1944-2007
In loving memory of my beautiful Mum, Sue
We love you so much xxxxx

My mum, Sue. The most gentle, compassionate and beautiful person I have ever known. She shared her love of animals and nature with me when I was a child, and because of her, I was given the opportunity to have my own pony at a young age...every little girl's dream! Our song, Last Angel, was written for her, and Last Angel Equine Defence is dedicated to her. She supported me wholeheartedley when I rescued my ponies...when everyone said 'you're crazy! It will never work', my mum said 'listen to your heart'. Bless you mum.

The music playing here was written and performed by my mum, Sue Bundrick, with one exception: 'Let it be me' by the Everly Brothers, which she sang in a duet with her husband, John Bundrick
Please add my mum's memorial page, in celebration of her life, her beautiful songs and the voice of an angel x
Susie /

And below is the link to her page at The Independent Artists Company
Susie / Susie at IAC /

I'd like to meet:

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE....http://www.midlandracehorsecarecentre.org.uk/ A CHARITY DEDICATED TO THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF EX-RACEHORSES.

Music:



And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse. ~Bedouin Legend
Please visit our website by clicking the link below and help us to raise funds to help unwanted, neglected and abused horses. Thank you!!

My mum and me

Candy and Alfie, my inspiration

YOU CAN NOW BUY ONE OF OUR T-SHIRTS, HATS OR MUGS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AND CLICKING ON THE MERCHANDISE BUTTON

Help us to raise funds for Last Angel when you shop online!

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Welcome to Whales Revenge, an ambitious campaign to gather 1 million
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Every year thousands of precious mammals are slaughtered in the name of so-called 'scientific research'.
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Please help my good friend on her mission to help horses~Please read this message from her, and help as much as you possibly can! Thank you!

FoReVERescue

I have decided after much thought and concideration, that next month I am going to go downstate to Authur again and see how many older, abused, mistreated, OVERUSED, Amish carriage horses I can save from the slaughter house. I have been asking around and found out that most people in this world take b etter care of their cars, than the Amish do with their horses. (thier main methos of transportation.) I see them at that auction barn using MODERN convienences, like electricity, calculators, computers, and what not...using the kids to make u feel bad about a certain animal so u will pay more...They are NO different than ANY other farmer/breeder out there. The only thing that makes then different is the they wear slightly differnt clothing...The women and girls wear bonnets and the boys and men wear hats...but they smoke, drink and everything else...HYPOCRITES I SAY! (just MY opinion) Anyway, here is the plan...I need to raise as much fundinf as possible by the third Saturday in JANUARY OF '07. Only 3-4 weeks away...I will be cranking out pndants and accepting donations of any size to save these guys....I am so angry at myself for not having the money to save that last guy weith the one eye. A boy that served his "master" well, and got tossed aside like trash. SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN ALL DO BY HELPING ME RAISE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR PURCHASING AND BIDDING, AND VETTING OF THOSE IN NEED. THESE HORSES ARE IN JUST AS MUCH DANGER OF BECOMING MEAT AS OTHERS ARE. What killed me was seeing 5-8 yr old horses looking like they were 30 because they had so many "MILES" on them and werent cared for properly...I do NOT care if they look at them as beasts of burden....If you want your "machinery" to work right...you take care of it.....PERIOD RANT OFF.....FOR NOW.

My Blog

How can there still be people who leave dogs in cars in the heat?!

Already this summer, I have seen two dogs left in cars when the temperature has been blazing. What is wrong with people??! It is common knowledge that this can kill a dog, and it can kill very quickly...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:28:00 PST

BELLE IS SAFE-PLEASE READ UPDATE!

BELLE IS NOW SAFE! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO DONATED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE!!I'M SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN THE UPDATE, PLEASE READ BELOW:I have been trying to get an update about Belle from...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:38:00 PST

IMPORTANT UPDATE! SITUATION WORSENS FOR HORSES AT VUCIJAK FARM, BOSNIA. HELP THESE HORSES!

PLEASE! These horses are dying NOW!!!! Read this update, Make a donation (even a small one will help!) and sign the petition.Very Important Update on 90 starving horses at Vucijak Farm, Bosnia: The si...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Wed, 28 May 2008 07:10:00 PST

URGENT PETITION! HELP SAVE DYING HORSES! PLEASE SIGN AND FORWARD!!

Urgent Petition!Please sign and forward this petition! Just click belowHelp Save Starving Lippizanner Horses at Vucijak Farm Petition90 Lipizzaner Horses at Vucijak Farm in Bosnia are being kept in ap...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:28:00 PST

Update-Emergency Appeal Horses starving at Vucijak Farm Bosnia-PLEASE help them!

Emergency Appeal  90 Horses are dying of starvation in Bosnia! Please forward and cross-post internationallyLipizzaner Horses at Vucijak Farm in Bosnia are being kept in appalling condit...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:01:00 PST

EMERGENCY APPEAL-Horses are starving in Bosnia - please help these horses!!!

Emergency Appeal  90 Horses are dying of starvation in Bosnia! Please forward and cross-post internationallyLipizzaner Horses at Vucijak Farm in Bosnia are being kept in appalling conditions, sufferi...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Mon, 19 May 2008 01:45:00 PST

I long for the day when horses are allowed to just be who they are

Just before Anthony and I found our premises to site our horse rescue, Last Angel Equine Defence, we looked at a few other potential yards. One in particular served to demonstrate the differences in '...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:00 PST

URGENT!! PLEASE HELP TO SAVE THIS HORSE AND OTHERS FROM SLAUGHTER-IN FRENCH FATTENING FARM

From: Last Angel Equine DefenceDate: 10 May 2008, 19:59Please please help me to raise £580.00 to save this horse!! This is Belle. She is an 18 year old mare currently in a French fattening farm, and d...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Sat, 10 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

Our long search for premises is over - and this time it is definite!

Following an appeal with the help of our local newspapers, we now have the premises we have searched so long for. We've had enough false hopes and false starts before...premises that would have been s...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Sun, 04 May 2008 12:04:00 PST

EMERGENCY APPEAL DOGS DUE TO DIE IN BELGIUM - PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL CONTACTS IN BELGIUM!!

Emergency Appeal - These Dogs in Belgium are About to Die!!!!! - Please Can Anyone Help?? SWAP team has received an emergency appeal from one of our international supporters for these gorgeous dogs i...
Posted by Last Angel Equine Defence on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:47:00 PST