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Come Celebrate Big Heart Day!

  Big Heart Day is next Sunday, 1st August!  Come and join us in Teralba Park, Mitchelton (near Brookside shopping centre) to celebrate your love for horses. It’s a relaxed family affair, starting from 11am. BYO picnic lunch and come and join us for cupcakes and share the love!  There’s still time to host your own [...]

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Brumby Management

From the Australian Brumby Alliance Inc. (ABA) in regards to the idea of reducing wild horse numbers by gelding stallions (geld and release). “There are three reasons why in our view this is a non-viable option (assuming gelded horses are returned to the wild). If even one stallion is left ungelded, that stallion will mate all other females, [...]

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How much is a life worth?

One of the most difficult things about running a horse charity is that at some point, you’ll be asked to make life and death decisions. Which horse do you save? Which horse do you pass over?  When faced with requests to save a horse that is on death row, we take every situation very seriously and always do [...]

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Horse needing a home, south-east Queensland

Meet Kyra.   Kyra is a 16-year-old Thoroughbred mare who is in need of a very special home. Kyra is currently in Ormeau, where she has been living with her current owner for many years. Kyra is a beautifully natured horse and one that is easy to handle. Sadly, Kyra had an accident several years [...]

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Urgent eye surgery for Timmy–can you help?

Update: Timmy is being picked up this afternoon and will be in care by tonight. Hopefully the vet will be out first thing tomorrow morning to tell us exactly what we need to do. Hold on Timmy… we’re going as fast as we can!! Charlie’s Angels was approached yesterday by Timmy’s owner to take him on, as [...]

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Brumbies: Geld and Release

Brumbies. They seem to be in the news all the time. They’re either being culled, the call has been made to cull them, or people are trying to stop the culls. We question how long this will go on before someone steps up and takes responsibility for them. It is unacceptable to allow these horses [...]

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WA Butcher Gets Go Ahead to Serve Horse Meat

Charlie’s Angels was deeply distressed to learn last week of the WA butcher who’s been given permission for the slaughter of a horse for the purpose of the sale of horsemeat for human consumption. Until now, human consumption of horsemeat has been illegal in this country. We see this as a step backwards for horse [...]

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Two arabian geldings seeking a home

Two beautiful Arabian geldings are seeking a home urgently. RALLEN – 30 yr old Chestnut and WINDY – 27 yr old Bay. Rallen and Windy’s owner sadly has to find a new home for her horses due to her own ill-health. This is a very sad case and we need to find a loving forever [...]

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Big Heart Day: Help Save Horses and Spread the Love!

You can help save horses and spread the love for horses from anywhere in Australia!      But while it’s important to spread awareness, we also like to celebrate the love and joy of horses. The aim of Big Heart Day events is to connect people together who love animals and who would like to celebrate [...]

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Art Sale and Dinner, Loving Hut, 24th July

Charlie’s Angels is hosting an enticing fundraising event, our first “Art Sale and Dinner”. Do you have any good quality artworks just “hanging around” that you would like to donate for sale to help raise funds for horse rescue? Would you like to join us for a yummy three-course dinner at a quality vegan restaurant? Is it [...]

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