Blaikiewell Animal Sanctuary
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Our animals rely heavily on volunteers and public support without which we would not be able to continue.
Blaikiewell Animal Sanctuary
is a small charity in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, UK. It is home to over 50 horses and
ponies, four pigs and three cows as well as dogs, cats and any other animal or bird that needs a safe place.
The first pony was bought on impulse in 1977 at the local market to save her from meat dealers who were bidding for the ponies. The following week we got a friend for her, also from the meat market. Bracken was 28 guineas, and her friend Willow was 96 pounds. (That put me into overdraft). Other homeless ponies began to arrive from various sources and none were turned away.
Most of the original School horses are now retired and the Charity was formed in
1997 to help raise funds. Animals that come to Blaikiewell live here forever
and are never sold nor moved away. When possible those who have been
returned to health and fitness are used in the School and some have been
leased to carefully chosen people who have agreed to keep them at livery on
the same premises. When their working life is over, they continue to live in
their own fields with their old friends for the rest of their lives.
Many of the ponies have lived well into their thirties.
If you would like to sponsor one of our animals, you can see some
of their photographs and read a little about each of them
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