Horses
Herd about Cumbria’s Fell Ponies?
Herd about Cumbria’s Fell Ponies? There’s an uncertain future for the animals that helped us make history. Cumbria is well known for our native breeds of livestock; everyone knows of our Herwick sheep, but surprisingly, the animals on which our county was literally built on the backs of, seem to be forgotten: the Fell Pony. […]
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Oak Tree helped over 4,400 animals in 2023
Oak Tree Animals’ Charity, located on the outskirts of Carlisle, provides a safe place for cats, dogs and equines in their time of need as well as supports pets and their owners throughout the local community. Through their rehoming and community programmes the charity helped a total of 4,471 animals in 2023; 2,351 dogs, 1,760 […]
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Don’t Feed The Horses
I saw a post on social-media a while back which was shocking, it was from a lady who’s pony had needlessly died due to someone feeding it. The lady in question posted “When I share posts because someone has lost their horse due to people feeding them, I always hope that it will educate people so […]
Your kindness can kill….DONT FEED THE ANIMALS!
Last night I saw a post on social-media which was shocking to say the least, it was from a lady who’s pony had needlessly died due to someone feeding it. Pictured was her Pony which had passed, on the floor with the following words: “When I share posts because someone has lost their horse due […]
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Two foals born during lockdown at local animal charity
Izzy and Savannah are two beautiful mares who both arrived at Oak Tree Animals’ Charity before the lockdown. It was soon discovered that Izzy was pregnant and at the end of April, the amazing little Cosmo arrived! As if this wasn’t exciting enough, the Charity was delighted with the arrival of a second quarantine foal, […]
