Update: Thank you so much to all our dedicated supporters who donated to help bring Uncle George home in March of 2020. Following two years of closure as a result of Covid-19, we are pleased to say we will finally able to able to honour his life with a small memorial taking place on Sunday 28th August between 1.30-2pm. His ashes will be laid beside a striking memorial sculpture of him, which will be unveiled on the day. We invite all who supported this fundraiser or who were touched by this remarkable and gentle pony to attend. If you would like to join us, please email jessica@horsetrust.org.uk.

Uncle George Fundraiser

After many years of work at Battersea Childrens zoo, George came to us with Briar the donkey back in 2004. George has become an institution over the years and became known as Uncle George back in 2012 when six-week-old Teddy arrived with us having been abandoned on a roadside. Once Teddy had recovered from his ordeal, George was chosen as the perfect Godfather to the little foal as his nature was extremely gentle yet he would still keep the youngster in line when necessary! George did an amazing job helping us to care for the youngster, and no doubt shaped him into the superstar pony we see today.

Throughout his time at The Horse Trust, he became the equine spokespony for common sense in a crazy world! George would quite often give everyone on Facebook a jolly good talking to be it about tinsel in stables, to rug or not to rug or how to help stop the spread of infectious disease. He became famous in the horse world for his sage advice, whilst closer to home he has always been a firm favourite with visitors.

Unfortunately George had been suffering with health issues of late including Cushings, arthritis, cataracts and most recently appeared to have developed irritable bowel syndrome. Despite these ailments he was an incredibly happy and healthy pony, an amazing feat at the age of 43! Sadly George collapsed in his paddock and appeared to have a seizure like episode (he wouldnt have known anything about it except when he woke up and was on the floor), he recovered and got back up although was very disorientated (not helped by his poor vision). It was then almost certain that these episodes would become longer and more frequent with a poorer recovery. It was time. A goodbye we had all been dreading for so long.

He had a truly amazing life and contributed so much to the welfare of other ponies along the way. We are so grateful that he was able to live out his 17 years of retirement with us at The Horse Trust.

We have created this tribute fund in George's memory, as we would love to be able to have him individually creamated so we can keep him close to us at The Horse Trust, and honour his memory with a small memorial that his oodles of fans can visit and pay their respects. Any other generous donations that we may recieve above and beyond this cost will go towards the care of the older residents in our care, in George's memory.

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