Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue

I'm running in the Grizzly event, in Seaton, Devon, on Sunday March 8th. I'm hoping our lovely team of volunteers & supporters would be happy to sponsor me . I’m raising money to benefit our Munchkins Miniature Shetland Ponies and any donation will help make an impact. Thank you in advance for your contribution.

We need your help please. Our welfare officer Sandy has liaised and helped with all aspects to do with this little abandoned pony. We are now very happy to say that she will be coming tomorrow to Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue. Registered charity 1160509. The photo shows this little pony who has been named "Mystery".

It has been a complex rescue situation as there is also another pony, within 50 miles, who has been taken in by another lady and he desperately needs our help too. He was in such a state that the vet was surprised he could even eat. His teeth were absolutely dreadful, with 4 huge 'fangs' preventing his jaw moving sideways. He was also visibly terrified and emotionally withdrawn and shut down. He will continue to need extensive dental work and rehabilitation with our behaviourist.

Both ponies are now coming to us on Thursday 5th February at approximately 5pm. Our isolation area is ready.

Costs have spiralled and both need a huge amount of attention, veterinary care, hay, feed, bedding and health checks, passport , microchip as well as hooves, dental treatment, worming, vaccinations etc . These two are seemingly older ponies who deserve the best after their very traumatic backgrounds.

We at Munchkins specialise in this and they will have the best lives.

Please give generously. Thank you for caring.❤️

You can make a difference by donating today to Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue.

At Munchkins we rescue abused, neglected or abandoned Shetland ponies & also ponies whose owners can no longer care for them.

A piece of land is for sale immediately behind our centre in Colyton which comprises 13 acres of good grazing land. An opportunity like this cannot be missed and very rarely comes up; we could save so many more ponies who desperately need our help. Please help us to help more ponies in need! The guide price is £140,000 and with your help we can do this. We have already had some wonderful donations on line - thank you!

Please help us! We had just finished installing our new track system around our fields when Storm Bert hit and wiped the whole thing away! Completely unexpected and unpredicable catastrophe and a massive blow to our charity when we'd just finished the fundraising appeal to get the track installed. We now desperately need funds to repair the damage and hopefully prevent this happening again, meaning much more structural work is required with a new strategy to include more drainage, limestone, scalpings etc to reconstruct the track and solidify the foundations to prevent future storm damage. The storm also caused flooding across the fields and many of our grazing areas are now unusable due to the ponies being knee deep in mud, so we are also pushing to buy more mud control mats which are an absolute life saver in these awful winter conditions we're experiencing. Our long term goal is to build a second barn to provide more shelter and hard standing for the ponies but currently we are barely keeping our heads above water - literally!

Please please donate to help us ensure a safe and healthy environment for our 61 rescue ponies, many of whom have come from awful circumstances and deserve a second chance at life in a happy safe environment. We also have around 50 ponies placed in their 'forever homes' who we need to keep reserve funds for in case any should ever need to return to us in unforseen circumstances.

More information about the ponies, how to set up regular sponsorship, or how to rehome a pony can be found on our website www.mini-munchkins.org or our Facebook page Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue.

This storm damage has been a massive blow to us so please help us with this fundraising goal to help us care for these animals in need.