Ingatestone, Essex – Sue Burton, Founder of Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary, welcomes the news that the Control of Horses Bill has been passed by Parliament and will become law in the next two months, following royal assent next week, but says “there is still much more to be done”. The Control of Horses Bill will […]

I am sure that, like me, you have serious concerns about the horse welfare crisis. The situation is dire and horses are dying daily in the most awful conditions. Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed: The skeletons of horses just left to rot in fields after they have died Horses being dumped dead, […]

Ingatestone, Essex – Sue Burton, Founder of Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary in Essex, is calling on Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to abolish any further thoughts of creating a market for horsemeat and to right the wrongs of the current horse welfare legislation. In July 2014, Sue met with Lord DeMauley, Parliamentary […]

  Can you help us to help you and really make a difference this year? I’m sure you know already that we rescue abandoned, neglected or maltreated horses, but did you know that we receive calls daily asking for help? There is a wide-scale horse welfare crisis in this country and its getting worse. Our […]

We are absolutely inundated with calls and emails at present, to help horses all over the country and, frankly, we are struggling to cope with the demand placed upon us! The callers expect us to be able to remove the animals, yet we have neither the power, the space or the money to do so. […]

Ingatestone, Essex – Sue Burton, founder of Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary in Essex, has spent three days over the past week visiting horses in need: on the M11 at Stansted, Surbiton in Surrey and Hamble Airfield in Southampton, following cries for help from the public who are concerned for the horses’ safety and wellbeing. Additionally, […]

Share some love with Remus Horse Sanctuary and show someone that you care today! To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year we’re giving away a free cuddly toy with a ‘Be My Valentine’ badge with all new sponsorship orders. To sponsor an animal as a gift for your loved one this Valentine’s Day, click here. Choose […]

May we take this opportunity to wish you a healthy and happy 2015 and thank you all so much for all your support that is given to the Sanctuary in so many different ways. Without you, we couldn’t do the work we do and the many animals we help would be homeless, alone, hungry and […]

It is with heavy heart that I write this message. The last year has, without question, been the hardest year of my life and among the many pressures has been that of finances. Unless we increase the amount of money coming into the Sanctuary then I can’t guarantee our future beyond the foreseeable future. I […]

Following much speculation in the national press over the past week, Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary will be making formal enquiries as to whether their 50-year-old Arab thoroughbred cross is in fact the oldest horse in the world. The Sanctuary has made contact with the Veteran Horse Society in Wales and the Guinness Book of World […]