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TAKE ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HORSES
25/03/2022 - IHP grows: we have started the information meetings to volunteer in your area. One-hour online meetings in which we briefly present IHP, its history, objectives and programmes. In particular, we explain the sectors and activities in which it is possible to work remotely and become involved in the protection of horses, donkeys, mules and hinnies. Anyone who would like to find out more can participate.
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Molise, abused horses and a risk of pollution: IHP’s denunciation
22/03/2022 - Horses torn to pieces by wolves, horses left to run wild all year round with no care or support even during the winter months, not to mention the danger to local people and a high risk of pollution due to excessive nitrate concentrations. This is the situation that IHP is basing its formal complaint on, a situation ongoing for many years in Pantano Zittola-Feudo Valcocchiara, which is part of the Comune di Montenero Val Cocchiara (IS) in Molise.
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This horse meat is imported in Italy
18/03/2022 - This horse meat is imported in Italy
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Ukraine, animal welfare organizations to the government: "Willing to welcome equidae affected by the ongoing conflict"
11/03/2022 - Willingness to welcome or find accomodation for equidae - horses, donkeys, mules, zebras - from Ukraine, where the conflict with Russia is underway, in order to open “corridors” also for this type of animal. This is the request of the animal welfare organizations ENPA, IHP, Il rifugio degli asinelli, LAV, Progetto Islander and La rete dei santuari di animali liberi in Italia, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and to the Ministry of Health.
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Goodbye Arturo
08/03/2022 - Today, our little Arturo has come to the end of a long life, much of it spent at the rescue centre together with his lifelong friends: a bond between elderly horses... very elderly horses, which often moved us.
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IHP is looking to hire new employees to work with horses at the Rescue Centre
28/02/2022 - coming soon
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Seizure of horses sent to slaughter in Foggia
24/02/2022 - coming soon
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Ippica, IHP: “Celebrazione per Ribot a Pisa è retorica che maschera lo sfruttamento”
18/02/2022 - coming soon
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The Constitution recognises the welfare of animals and of the environment: IHP at work to propose a legal framework for horse welfare
09/02/2022 - The protection of the environment, of biodiversity and ecosystems, and the commitment to control ‘ways and methods for animal welfare’, have now entered the Italian Constitution.  With a strong majority, yesterday the Chamber of Deputies passed Articles 9 and 41 of the Charter.
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Canicattì yard legally seize. IHP: “Very serious issues. where is the ASL?”
08/02/2022 - We applaud the Carabinieri of Canicattì, the Palermo Nas, and the Agrigento crime centre, for legally seizing an equestrian centre at Canicattì. But at the same time, we want to know where the ASL is, because some very serious anomalies have emerged
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