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{{Short description|Registered charity in the United Kingdom}}
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'''World Horse Welfare''' is a registered charity in the United Kingdom and Scotland that was previously named The International League for the Protection of Horses.<ref>[http://www.yourhorse.co.uk/Your-Horse-News/Search-Results/General-news/May-08/ILPH-to-be-renamed-World-Horse-Welfare YourHorse: ILPH to be renamed World Horse Welfare]</ref> [[Anne, Princess Royal]] is its patron.
| name = World Horse Welfare
| logo =
| logo_caption =
| formerly = International League for the Protection of Horses
| founder = Ada Cole (1860-1930)
| founding_location = London, UK
| established = 1927
| type = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]]
| registration_id = 206658 and SC038384
| purpose = Horse welfare
| headquarters =
| website = {{URL|worldhorsewelfare.org}}
}}

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'''World Horse Welfare''' is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that was previously named the International League for the Protection of Horses.<ref name="rename">{{Cite web |url=http://www.yourhorse.co.uk/Your-Horse-News/Search-Results/General-news/May-08/ILPH-to-be-renamed-World-Horse-Welfare |title=YourHorse: ILPH to be renamed World Horse Welfare |access-date=5 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005233522/http://www.yourhorse.co.uk/Your-Horse-News/Search-Results/General-news/May-08/ILPH-to-be-renamed-World-Horse-Welfare |archive-date=5 October 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Anne, Princess Royal]] is its patron.


==History==
==History==


World Horse Welfare was founded in 1927, as a campaigning organisation to prevent the export of live British horses for slaughter. The charity's founder, Ada Cole, was spurred into action after witnessing a procession of British work horses being unloaded and whipped for four miles to slaughter in Belgium.<ref>James, J. ''Debt of Honour: History of the International League for the Protection of Horses'' (Macmillan, 1994). {{ISBN|0-333-61791-6}}.</ref>
International League for the Protection of Horses was founded in 1927 as a campaigning organisation to prevent the export of live British horses for slaughter. The charity's founder, [[Ada Cole]], was spurred into action after witnessing a procession of British work horses being unloaded and whipped for four miles to slaughter in Belgium.<ref>{{Cite book |last=James |first=Jeremy |title=Debt of Honour: History of the International League for the Protection of Horses |publisher=Macmillan |year=1994 |isbn=0-333-61791-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=She Heard Their Cry: The life of Ada Cole |first=Joyce |last=Rushen |publisher=ACMS Publishing |year=1993 |isbn=0952218216}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/our-organisation/our-founder |title=Our Founder, Ada Cole |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=World Horse Welfare}}</ref>


The Irish branch was founded in 1928 by [[Eleanor Whitton]].<ref name="McElroy">{{cite web |last1=McElroy|first1=Gerry|editor1-last=McGuire|editor1-first=James |editor2-last=Quinn |editor2-first=James |work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |title=Whitton, Eleanor Constance |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/whitton-eleanor-constance-a9020}}</ref>
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In 1937 after political lobbying by the charity, The Exportation of Horses Act is introduced to protect the welfare of horses destined for the slaughterhouses of Europe. This introduces the concept of 'Minimum Values', which effectively stops the export of live horses for slaughter from Great Britain.


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In 1937 after political lobbying by the charity, the Exportation of Horses Act was introduced to protect the welfare of horses destined for the slaughterhouses of Europe. This introduced the concept of 'Minimum Values', which effectively stops the export of live horses for slaughter from Great Britain.
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The charity opened its first horse rehabilitation centre in Britain, in 1949, and started a first international training course in Morocco in 1985.


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The charity opened its first horse rehabilitation centre in Britain, in 1949, and started its first international training course in Morocco in 1985.
World horse welfares aim is to rescue as many sick,injured and mistreated horses as they can- and treat each one as an individual. After the horses arrive at the rehoming centre, they are brought back to health by the dedicated staff that work there. If the horse is well enough and recovers, the centre will put it on their website to be rehomed.The person who rehomes a horse will never fully own it, but foster it. When the horses are put up for rehoming, the will be titled either non-ridden companian ,veteran,youngster, project horse.ect.- The charity has 16 full-time based around the UK who investigate concerns reported by the general public. They will visit the horse and check out the public concerns.<ref>[http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/field_officers Field Officers] (World Horse Welfare - 16 Oct 2010)</ref>


In 2008, the organisation was renamed to World Horse Welfare.<ref name="rename"/>
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Horses needing attention are taken into one of charities four Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres, based in [[Norfolk]], [[Somerset]] (the [[Glenda Spooner Farm]] Farm <ref>http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/Farm/Glenda-Spooner-Farm</ref>), [[Lancashire]] and [[Aberdeenshire]].


==Activities==
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The charity works in the [[Developing country|developing world]] training local people in skills such as [[Horse tack|saddlery]], [[farrier]]y, nutrition and horse management.
World Horse Welfare works in the United Kingdom in recovering, rehabilitating and rehoming horses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/help-today/rehoming-horses |title=Rehoming Horses |website=World Horse Welfare |access-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826021033/https://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/help-today/rehoming-horses |archive-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref> The charity has 16 full-time field officers based around the UK who investigate concerns reported by the general public.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/field_officers |title=Field Officers |website=World Horse Welfare |access-date=16 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201182352/https://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/field_officers |archive-date=February 1, 2010}}</ref>


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Horses needing attention are taken into one of the charity's four Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres, based in [[Norfolk]], [[Somerset]] (the [[Glenda Spooner]] Farm<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/visit-us/glenda-spooner-farm |title=Glenda Spooner Farm}}</ref>), [[Lancashire]] and [[Aberdeenshire]].
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World Horse Welfare campaign to achieve welfare improvements through changing policy, practices and attitudes.

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The charity works in the [[Developing country|developing world]], training local people in skills such as [[Horse tack|saddlery]], [[farrier]]y, nutrition and horse management.

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World Horse Welfare campaigns to achieve welfare improvements through changing policy, practices and attitudes.


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://worldhorsewelfare.org Official website]


{{Animal welfare}}
'''World Horse Welfare websites''':
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*[http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org World Horse Welfare's web site]
*[https://www.youtube.com/horsecharity World Horse Welfare on YouTube]
*[http://www.facebook.com/worldhorsewelfare World Horse Welfare on Facebook]

'''World Horse Welfare in the News''':
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7571518.stm Obese horse numbers 'increasing'] (BBC News, 20 Aug 2008)
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7987329.stm Horse rescues 'more than double'] (BBC News, 7 Apr 2009)
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8037719.stm Five guilty of neglecting horses] (BBC News, 8 May 2009)


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Latest revision as of 18:36, 22 January 2024

World Horse Welfare
Established1927
FounderAda Cole (1860-1930)
Founded atLondon, UK
TypeNonprofit
Registration no.206658 and SC038384
PurposeHorse welfare
Websiteworldhorsewelfare.org
Formerly called
International League for the Protection of Horses

World Horse Welfare is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that was previously named the International League for the Protection of Horses.[1] Anne, Princess Royal is its patron.

History

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International League for the Protection of Horses was founded in 1927 as a campaigning organisation to prevent the export of live British horses for slaughter. The charity's founder, Ada Cole, was spurred into action after witnessing a procession of British work horses being unloaded and whipped for four miles to slaughter in Belgium.[2][3][4]

The Irish branch was founded in 1928 by Eleanor Whitton.[5]

In 1937 after political lobbying by the charity, the Exportation of Horses Act was introduced to protect the welfare of horses destined for the slaughterhouses of Europe. This introduced the concept of 'Minimum Values', which effectively stops the export of live horses for slaughter from Great Britain.

The charity opened its first horse rehabilitation centre in Britain, in 1949, and started its first international training course in Morocco in 1985.

In 2008, the organisation was renamed to World Horse Welfare.[1]

Activities

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World Horse Welfare works in the United Kingdom in recovering, rehabilitating and rehoming horses.[6] The charity has 16 full-time field officers based around the UK who investigate concerns reported by the general public.[7]

Horses needing attention are taken into one of the charity's four Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres, based in Norfolk, Somerset (the Glenda Spooner Farm[8]), Lancashire and Aberdeenshire.

The charity works in the developing world, training local people in skills such as saddlery, farriery, nutrition and horse management.

World Horse Welfare campaigns to achieve welfare improvements through changing policy, practices and attitudes.

References

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  1. ^ a b "YourHorse: ILPH to be renamed World Horse Welfare". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. ^ James, Jeremy (1994). Debt of Honour: History of the International League for the Protection of Horses. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-61791-6.
  3. ^ Rushen, Joyce (1993). She Heard Their Cry: The life of Ada Cole. ACMS Publishing. ISBN 0952218216.
  4. ^ "Our Founder, Ada Cole". World Horse Welfare. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ^ McElroy, Gerry (2009). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "Whitton, Eleanor Constance". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  6. ^ "Rehoming Horses". World Horse Welfare. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Field Officers". World Horse Welfare. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Glenda Spooner Farm".
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