Overview

World Horse Welfare, was founded in 1927 by Ada Cole, and is a charity dedicated to caring for horses. Although we have been committed to protecting horses throughout our history, we have diversified; today we focus on both direct and indirect action.

 

The charity employs 150 staff, the majority of which are based at our head office in Norfolk or our four rescue and rehoming centres around the UK.

 

In Britain, we are responsible for roughly 2,000 horses, nearly all of which have suffered abuse or neglect.

 

Overseas, we train more than 100 saddlers and farriers every year. They use their skills to improve the lives of local working horses and the lives of their owners. We also campaign to change legislation and attitudes about horse welfare; our Make A Noise campaign aims to bring an end to the live long-distance transportation of horses to slaughter in Europe.

 

In total, we invest around £7.5million a year in our work and make it our business to know about horses, both as sport, leisure and working animals. Hence we deal with the full breadth of the horse world, from the premier horse athletes through our close association with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), to the 100,000 horses that are transported to slaughter.

 

No organisation in the world does more for horses than World Horse Welfare.