Bransby Home of Rest for Horses

Bransby Home of Rest for Horses

Bransby Home of Rest for Horses
Bransby
Lincoln
Lincolshire
LN1 2PH

Tel: 01427 788 464
Fax: 01427 787 657
E-Mail: mail@bransbyhorses.co.uk

Web: Bransby Home of Rest for Horses

About Bransby Home of Rest for Horses

Bransby Home of Rest for Horses is a registered charity, founded by Mr Peter Hunt in 1968 which has provided safe permanent refuge to over 1000 horses, ponies, donkeys and mules since it was established. Always concerned about the welfare of horses, Mr Hunt rescued his first horse in 1947, Sally a 4-year-old mare was being kept on a bombsite in South London. Broken in at 18 months and used to pull logs from a spinney, Sally was found tearing around a yard with a tyre round her neck after the furniture van she was kept in had overturned in a storm. Mr Hunt rescued her for £14 and rented a stable for her for 2/6 a week. When Mr Hunt moved to Bransby to start the charity Sally came with him.
Today the home cares for over 450 rescued equines in our two centres, the main site being situated in the hamlet of Bransby, some eight miles from the historic city of Lincoln. Over 600 acres of land and four stable yards provide the best of specialised equine care for over 280 residents. Many come to us after being found abandoned, mistreated or neglected or because their owner can no longer care for them. The charity has a further 160 equines that are placed in private homes under our loan scheme whereby they remain the property of the charity.