Last Sun­day we visi­ted the hor­se and farm ani­mal sanc­tuary run by ADE – Aso­cia­ción de Defen­sa de los Équi­dos. It is one of the two refu­ges the orga­ni­za­tion main­tains thanks to dona­tions and gui­ded visits.

Leo­nor and Aldo, who mana­ge the sanc­tuary, gave us an intro­duc­tion to the pro­ject and gui­ded us around the faci­li­ties. The refu­ge currently cares for 43 hor­ses, as well as seve­ral don­keys and farm ani­mals res­cued from very dif­fe­rent situa­tions: abu­se, aban­don­ment when they were no lon­ger con­si­de­red use­ful, or neglect due to lack of resour­ces and ethi­cal res­pon­si­bi­lity toward animals.

We also had the oppor­tu­nity to briefly pre­sent our asso­cia­tion to the 32 peo­ple atten­ding the visit. It was won­der­ful to see the incre­di­ble work carried out by ADE, the lar­ge spa­ces avai­la­ble to the ani­mals, and the evi­dent hap­pi­ness and care they receive.

If you would like to colla­bo­ra­te with or visit ADE, you can find more infor­ma­tion on their website:
https://asociaciondefensaequidos.org/

We are already pre­pa­ring for the next visit to another ani­mal res­cue cen­ter, becau­se ani­mal pro­tec­tion orga­ni­za­tions need to sup­port one another.

Thank you to Leo­nor and Aldo for their warm wel­co­me, to ever­yo­ne who joi­ned us that day, and to all tho­se invol­ved in orga­ni­zing the visit, from Shirly, who desig­ned the poster, to Núria and Auro­ra, who hel­ped coor­di­na­te the event.