Motto: For the Love of Horses.
Purpose: To try to eliminate cruelty and neglect of horses, through education and co-operation.
The Horse Protection Society was founded in 1984 by the late Melva McLean. Melva began the Society after hearing a report about an appalling situation on Barnston Island. A pilot had flown over a field containing a number of horses. A few didn’t look bad, some were in poor condition, but the pilot could see at least four skeletons and one decaying horse carcass lying in a ditch.
Since its inception, HPS has testified in court on behalf of the SPCA, published articles to raise public awareness of the plight of horses, worked tirelessly to educate the public, established contacts in the Animal Rescue community and lobbied for humane conditions for horses. The Society actively searches for good homes for horses that have been abused or mistreated, and sometimes sponsor a difficult case as well.
HPS will occasionally feature a horse that has been well-loved and cared for but is in need of a "career change". In these cases we try to place the horse in a home that can care for them with as much love as the one they come from, because they wouldn't understand anything else! In this capacity we act simply as a referral service. Please visit our HPS Horse Friends page!
When we take on a horse in trouble it is our mandate to first see them healthy, assess their abilities and find professional training for them before they are placed in a home. We want all horses to have a lasting value into the future so that somewhere down the road they don't join the many untrained, grade horses that end up being shipped for meat.
Contact the Horse Protection Society:
Horse Protection Society of BC
#56, 5301-204th Street
Langley, B.C. V3A 6S7
Canada
Telephone: 604-514-3525 or 604-539-8391
Email: hpsforhorses@aol.com
Since its inception, HPS has testified in court on behalf of the SPCA, published articles to raise public awareness of the plight of horses, worked tirelessly to educate the public, established contacts in the Animal Rescue community and lobbied for humane conditions for horses. The Society actively searches for good homes for horses that have been abused or mistreated, and sometimes sponsor a difficult case as well.
HPS will occasionally feature a horse that has been well-loved and cared for but is in need of a "career change". In these cases we try to place the horse in a home that can care for them with as much love as the one they come from, because they wouldn't understand anything else! In this capacity we act simply as a referral service. Please visit our HPS Horse Friends page!
When we take on a horse in trouble it is our mandate to first see them healthy, assess their abilities and find professional training for them before they are placed in a home. We want all horses to have a lasting value into the future so that somewhere down the road they don't join the many untrained, grade horses that end up being shipped for meat.
Contact the Horse Protection Society:
Horse Protection Society of BC
#56, 5301-204th Street
Langley, B.C. V3A 6S7
Canada
Telephone: 604-514-3525 or 604-539-8391
Email: hpsforhorses@aol.com