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As one of the largest equine charities in the United Kingdom, every day Bransby Horses rescues, rehabilitates and cares for equines in need.

Horse owners encouraged to take part in the #TempCheckChallenge for Strangles Awareness Week

Working in collaboration with over 14 equine organisations, we are helping to raise awareness of the potentially fatal respiratory disease, strangles, by urging horse owners to take their equine’s temperature…

Bransby Horses receive same number of calls in first three months of the year as for the whole of 2021

A steep increase in calls to our welfare hotline, from horse owners struggling to afford the upkeep of their animals, is causing concern. Last year we received 108 calls from…

Rescued from Bodmin Moor: Blossom, Tracey and Florence’s story

Scared and hungry, Blossom an 11.3hh bay pony was among a group of abandoned horses rescued from Cornwall as part of a joint mission with other leading equine charities in…

Polytunnel Appeal off to a great start thanks to £8,000 grant

Bransby Horses has been awarded £8,000 from the Petplan Charitable Trust (PCCT) for the Barlings Polytunnel Project. The project aims to install polytunnel shelters at our sister site, Barlings, a…

Bransby Horses nominated for Petplan Awards

We are delighted to announce we have been nominated in this year’s Petplan Veterinary Awards. The insurance company received an incredible 22,782 nominations for this year’s awards which recognise the…

Lyanna’s First Birthday

Lyanna is part of our Game of Thrones group who we rescued in August 2020 following a call from the RSPCA. Thankfully Lyanna was born in our care in March…

Update On The Brigg Rescue

You may recall our story on 25th February 2022 reporting on a welfare case in Brigg, Lincolnshire, where we rescued three donkeys and two Shetland ponies after their owner failed…

It’s time to get Equine Influenza aware

Here at Bransby Horses we are backing Equine Flu Awareness Week, which takes place from March 7 – 13. Run by Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, the campaign acts as an…

Owner of two neglected Shetland ponies and three donkeys is banned from keeping equines

The owner of two Shetland ponies and three donkeys has been disqualified from keeping equines for ten years after pleading guilty to animal welfare offences. When concerns were reported to us…

Large number of ponies pose challenge for rescue charities

A large herd of forty ponies has been taken in by rescue charities after the sudden death of their owner. World Horse Welfare was contacted about the ponies late in…

Abandoned pony becomes a dressage superstar

Bransby Horses’ Tudor is celebrating with his foster carers at the College of West Anglia after bagging second place in a Preliminary 14 dressage test. Tudor, who is a 14.1hh…

Vet students get hands-on experience

This January our veterinary team hosted two students from Surrey Vet School as part of its first equine charity elective. Jasmine Bunn and Katie McCauley have been working under the…

Pony rescued from dangerous landfill site

A young pony left to fend for himself on a landfill site in Gainsborough has had a lucky escape. As our first rescue of the year, it is hoped this…

Bransby Horses’ Veterinary Advisor to Lecture at British Student Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2022

This weekend, Bransby Horses’ Veterinary Advisor and leading equine skin tumour (sarcoid) expert, Jeremy Kemp-Symonds, will be speaking at the British Student Equine Veterinary Association’s (BSEVA) annual congress. The BSEVA…

A Mule in a Million

One of our oldest residents, Ebony, is celebrating her 30th birthday today. Ebony – who being a mule is the offspring of a female horse/pony (mare) and a male…

A Little Christmas Hope

Every horse, pony, mule or donkey rescued by us, Bransby Horses, has a story to tell. When equines first arrive here, the next steps on their journey begin and this couldn’t…

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