Hi people, ours is an animal rescue club in Lagos, and our current focus is the abandoned/stray horses found on the streets of surulere and Victoria Island. Could you possibly let us know specific areas (road names will be nice) where you see them regularly? It will be really nice of you to take as many pictures as you can of any sighted stray.

skeen!! am getting you guy!!! had this project in mind,
Horses - Surulere (Off Erric Moore rd) on the way to the towers,
So what happens to the animals when they are rescued?

hothead:

skeen!! am getting you guy!!! had this project in mind,
Horses - Surulere (Off Erric Moore rd) on the way to the towers,
So what happens to the animals when they are rescued?

Horse meat suya.

abandoned horses in surulere and VI?

Since when?

never mind.

I found this:

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5305:lekki-how-refuse-stray-horses-torment-lagos-highbrow-district&catid=94:features&Itemid=353

Those horses around Lekki / VI belong to those boys using them at the beaches for business.

well, starting an animal rescue club for them is a good idea.

@hothead there is an acre of land we have secured for them in Ogun State (though by no means sufficient), the idea here is to :

1. Rehabilitate them; Some are definitely going to have to be put to sleep, while others will be put to pasture, yet there still will be some that can still be retrained for other purposes. Of course, veterinary care goes with rehabilitation.

2. Retraining; A lot of the horses on Lagos roads are polo horses that have gone past their prime, but nothing stops them for being used for less stressful activities if trained to do same.

3. Re-homing; The most crucial part of the process is to ensure that they are brought to conditions that will allow majority of them to be adopted, and thus re-homed.


At some point in time, we might have to begin neighbourhood horse-riding schools for kids, so the horses can actually pay for their feed.

Please upload pictures of horses you come across.


@tpiah; true, that's why we are looking at partnering with the VI and Surulere LGs so we can put up signs all around the affected areas telling people to stable or free-range their horses in accepted places. We are looking at providing stabling for those that are willing to pay for the service. I saw the piece.

Horse meat suya anyone? hello?

horsemeat wont be an option because we will be putting down only diseased equines that have no 'salvage value', sorry, horse-meat lovers!

Killjoy.

are you a vet by any chance?

and is the area mountainous or hilly- how much of a risk are tsetse flies.

and do you think you'll need the assistance of people who are familiar with horses, assuming there are any around- eg possibly northerners, arabs or whites who have some horse savvy.

just curious.

I am a wildlife biologist with equine experience. Manpower is being donated though; equine vets from UI (&possibly ABU) have indicated interest, current (beach) horse jockeys are pitching in, individuals are putting in stable time.

The land falls within the same vegetational belt as the Lagos Saddle Club, and currently is home to Derby Elands, which are susceptible to same dietary and health challenges as horses, though they belong to the antelope family, We will just have to construct shelter/stables b

^^nice.

i'm a great admirer of marine and wildlife biologists.

that's one of the occupations i always wish i had.

wishing you all the best and hopefully you're used to the nigerian setting.

@ tpiah, worry not- I am a full blooded Naijaboy, so yeah i know the Nigerian setting and mentality; I dont have to conform to it though!

Want to volunteer your time at some point?

Great idea!

I have seen a number of these stray horses at Lekki.

I will surely contact you when necessary.

All the best!

9jaRescue:

@ tpiah, worry not- I am a full blooded Naijaboy, so yeah i know the Nigerian setting and mentality; I dont have to conform to it though!

Want to volunteer your time at some point?

cool.


would love to check you guys out when i'm in nigeria though i dont know much about horses.

Saddle club isheri ,ok

Good one.
I hope you'ld extend ur tentacles up-north, you know vets and animal care are realy precious in northern nigeria.
Good luck.

anybody or link of where I can rent a horse for an event.pls contact:08038060877