Autumn Newsletter 2009 - Redwings

16 Redwings Adoption ClubIt has been all change in our Adoption Clubover the past few months.A new heavy horse...Our cover star is brand new adoption Prince,an extremely handsome Clydesdale x Shire who has been living at ourCaldecott centre since last season. He became such a huge hit with ourvisitors that we knew he would make a perfect adoption horse. In fact,we had so many requests from people wanting to adopt him that westarted to think perhaps he was bribing them with carrots!REDWINGSAdoption ClubBut no, you just have to spend five minutes with this lovely horse andit’s easy to see why he is so popular. He absolutely adores people andhis most favourite thing in the world is to have his belly tickled! He willreward anyone kind enough to give him a tickle with the biggest,toothiest grin imaginable!Prince (right) andhis pal TomPrince has had a very interesting life, first as a log-pulling horse and then as a companion for another Shire called Tom ata nature reserve in Crawley, where the two used to pull a dray and meet the visitors on a daily basis. They have nowretired to Redwings for a well-earned rest, but Prince’s love of people means he will hopefully love being part of theadoption scheme – and we know you will love him too!You can adopt Prince for just £12.50 a year and don’t forget, as well as the option of receiving updates and photosthrough the post, you can also choose to receive them (and lots of extras) online instead if you prefer. Telephone ourSupporter Services team on 01508 481010 or log on to www.redwings.co.uk to adopt Prince today! All the money we raisethrough your adoption will go directly towards caring for Prince and his friends....and an old favourite!We are very sorry to announce that Victorthe Shire has now retired from the adoption scheme.If you are an existing adopter of him, don’t worry, thissimply means we will not be taking any new adoptionsfor him, but you can continue just as before.However, Victor is now 21 years old and his age,particularly for such a large horse, is beginning to takeits toll. His arthritis caused him real problems last Winterand so we made the decision that he was not wellenough to travel to Caldecott for the Summer season.Instead, he has been retired to Hapton where we cankeep a close eye on him and manage his treatment tomake him as comfortable as possible.Like Ben and Tufty before him,Victor has been making the mostof his new retired status and hasmade a new friend in the shapeof Boo the Clydesdale who istotally blind and now relieson Victor to be his ‘seeingeye horse’! These two lovelyheavy horses are quite happypottering around in their fieldtogether at Hapton like a pairof old gents and were realstars at the Hapton SummerOpen Weekend this year!To find out about the Adoption Club visit our newwebsite at www.redwingsadoptionclub.co.ukIf undelivered please return to: Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Hapton, Norwich NR15 1SPTel 01508 481000 8am - 5pm Monday to Friday Email info@redwings.co.uk Web www.redwings.co.ukRegistered Charity Number 1068911R502/AHP/8.09/140k