The H.A.C.K. Horse Sanctuary
Rescue, Rehabilitation and Education
Reg. Charity 1025157
Full welfare members of The National Equine Welfare Council
Annual Report 2021/22
Ofice The Woodturners Cottage, Lavister, Rossett, Wrexham. LL12 0DF
Sanctuary The Stable Yard, Mill Lane, Bradley, Wrexham. LL11 4DD
– Website www.thehackhorsesanctuary.co.u k e-mail
pamhackhorse@gmail.com
Tel: answer machine 01244 571 524 - 07960951153
Trustee’ - Pamela Bluck, -Jane Anne Lloyd, - William Bluck.
The sanctuary is unique in the fact that it is run entirely by dedicated volunteers Therefore there are no paid persons.
The Object and Aims of the Charity. Founded in March 1992 the aim and object of the charity in the main is the Welfare of the horse. H.A.C.K. is a rescue and rehabilitation centre. To provide a safe haven for neglected, cruelly treated, and distressed, horses, ponies and donkeys, and all those necessitating rescue from unnecessary slaughter. For all horses that are abandoned and disregarded by their owners. To provide food, shelter care, veterinary aid etc. To make well, re-train/school and re-home into vetted homes. Those who are unsuitable for re-homing are kept within the safety of the sanctuary.
To provide education on animal welfare to the general public and promote a better understanding on responsible ownership and general health and welfare of the horse
H.A.C.K. are also Full Welfare members of The National Equine Welfare Council
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The Stable Yard. To the relocation of the Sanctuary from Rossett to Llay in 1995 we have built and/or obtained over a period of time, a 13 stable yard, with rug room, feed room, Ménage, several field shelters, tea room, toilet, excellent hay barns, Pig house, and goat house.
New pathways and a refurbishment of the stable yard have taken place. Stables have been repaired and repainted.
The Isolation block, (which consists of 1 corner stable 15 x 15 – 1 stable 12 x 12 and a barn x store x
shelter and post and rail fencing around the isolation paddock) is now being well used
Machinery, H.A.C.K. has its own machinery which is essential for the making of hay, and field maintenance etc. a great many bales of hay is made each year although this depends on the weather as small baled hay takes longer so if we do not have enough weather, sunny clear days, we will make large bale haylage but require a contractor to bale and wrap in plastic making sure that our winter forage is covered.
The H.A.C.K. Machinery has to be well maintained and any damage repaired. The Tractor has to be insured and taxed (although free for agricultural still has to be registered with the DVAL) otherwise we would not be able to travel on the road. Making our own hay saves the sanctuary a great deal of money each year although we do have to buy in haylage when we have a poor summer crop
The Rescued Horses. We have had a steady inflow of horses and ponies, others we have had to help in other ways and have tried to find places and help in other areas. A lot of the animals are young colts, which need extra time and attention and veterinary care (others are small mares with foals or in foal). These colts, also have to be castrated and can be difficult to handle. Young horses usually stay within the sanctuary until fully trained and able to go forward into a working life. Occasionally we do find a very experienced home that can do the necessary work that these youngsters need and will agree for them to be re-homed under these circumstances, thus creating a place sooner for new rescues.
It is the H.A.C.K. policy that all rescued horse’ be found new homes where appropriate. All the animals that come into H.A.C.K. will be given the same treatment and handling techniques and all are taught the necessary handling for the attentions of the farrier, vet, dentist, loading into a trailer and to stand happily whilst being groomed, even companion horse have to be given daily attention and be amenable.
We have again this year re-homed a great many of our horses and ponies
Some of the rescue horses come into H.A.C.K. with a great many problems and can be difficult to handle and it takes time and patience and a lot of experience to win their confidence and retrain and change their attitudes. Many are just frightened and have had no real previous experience of correct handling and are suspicious of their human counterpart.
It is not H.A.C.K.’s policy to rescue as many equines as it can with a quick turnaround, as we feel that most would end up having to be rescued again and it would not be in the horse’s
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best interest to be passed on quickly. Horses do not get to choose the people in their lives it is all a matter of chance and we want to give the horse the best possible chance. We want all our rescue cases to have a fair quality of life and a good positive future
Resident Equids H.A.C.K. has 5 resident horses, ponies and 2 donkeys that have to stay within the care of the sanctuary. 4 of the ponies and the 2 donkeys work on the education side that teach youngsters on animal welfare in aid of our educational programme. They certainly earn their keep and are also used for fund-raising events.
Other Animals H.A.C.K. still has 1 sheep, 3 pigs, 3 goats, and several rescued battery chickens
Volunteers. H.A.C.K. always welcomes new volunteers although this has to be a
structured process and it is not always horse carers that we require . However due to Covid 19 The sanctuary has been run on a skeleton staff and no visitors or new volunteers able to attend.
- Fund Raising The volunteers also actively fund-raise, organising events, Horse shows, Dog shows,
Open days, street collections, bag packing etc. However, Covid 19 hit our fund-raising activities hard and we are now trying to get back on track
Education. H.A.C.K. continues to grow in the teaching of horse care and welfare and has re-opened the school educational programmes, this time providing a better experience at the Sanctuary itself.
Visitors to the Sanctuary.
The number of visitors to the sanctuary via appointments continues to increase and all visitors enjoy having hands on experience with the ponies and other animals and they find the sanctuary setting a peaceful place to be. We are open to the general public especially on fund-raising activity days at the S anctuary. We have also reinstated the Saturday kids club and group visits since the Covid 19 shutdown, this also includes special hand on experiences from schools
The future. To continue in our dedication towards the welfare of the horse and providing more facilities as required.
We are tremendously successful, on a shoestring budget, although it is hard and frustrating and we could do so much more if given the added financial support, but the money we do raise goes directly to where it is needed, the welfare of our animals and the facilities they need and not investing in other things irrelevant to our cause
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Long term. H.A.C.K. continues to provide all the necessary facilities, care, knowledge and support for the aims and object of the charity, and continue in the battle against cruelty in many different guises that is dealt upon a great number of animals. This also includes the continuation of our educational programmes and involvement within the community
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The H.A.C.K. Horse Sanctuary Horse Aid Care & Knowledge Reg. Ch 1025157 Accounts Year Ending 28th Febrnary 2022 Balance blfwd £2670 . 02 Income Expenditure £32,665 . 59 3J07. 09 Expenditure Feed/Yard £11512 . 92 Vet/Farrier/Dentist £02J98 . 40 Rentnns £03J30 . 09 EdlOfficelFR £01,997 . 46 Fuel £02,194 . 91 Vehiclestmachinery £03,875 . 73 Blllldln£enang £06,252 . 03 Utilities £00,806 . 38 Training £00,548 . 17 Memberships £OOJ911 (K) £33.307 . 09 Income Expenditure £32,665 . 59 £33,307 . 09 Balance £{K41 . 50 Balance carried flwd £28,080 . 57
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