The Essex Horse & Pony Protection Society (“EHPPS”) was founded in 1983. It has been on the 54-acre site at Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, since 1986. EHPPS’ function is to rescue, rehabilitate and then re-home equines. We have rescued well over a thousand horses, ponies and donkeys over the years. The vast majority of the horses and ponies in our care were the victims of cruelty, abuse and neglect. The rest of them were simply abandoned by their previous owners and left to roam – often on the county’s roads. We are not a retirement home. Where possible, suitable foster homes are found for our animals when they are completely well – whether they go out to homes as rideable horses or as a companion to the fosterer’s horse. (Horses are gregarious animals and need the company of others.) We currently have hundreds of rehabilitated horses and ponies in foster homes all over the country, regularly checked by our Fostering Monitors to ensure that they are being lovingly cared for. All fostered animals remain the sole responsibility of the Society; so if for instance, there is a change in circumstance of the fosterer (e.g. loss of job, ill health) the animal can be returned to us.

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