It was another of those sad days at ARCH when we recently had to say goodbye to Pirata. This dear old boy had been at the Rescue Centre since July 2022 when he was discovered down on a river bed with serious injuries to his eye and his penis, as well as a wound...

Yet again ARCH has been asked by SEPRONA to take in an elderly grey mare in a very poor condition. Once again it is a case of an animal being discarded because they are too old to be of use, never mind that they have spent their working lives being “useful”. Such...

IT'S OFFICIAL! ARCH President Jill Newman Rogers has signed a contract with Alhaurin el Grande Town Hall for the rescue and care of abandoned equines in the municipality. Over the years a number of horses and donkeys have come to the Centre having been picked up by...

Seven horses (six mares and a young colt ) arrived at ARCH in the pitch black, illuminated solely by car headlights. They had been driven up from Almonte, a four-hour journey. These were horses that the Ayuntamiento had rounded up as they were presenting a grave...

Our lovely Lola has left us very peacefully. She had been at the Rescue Centre since February 2023 and had reached the grand old age of 34. She was suffering from extensive melanomas and over time these had worsened considerably and had badly affected her quality of...

ARCH volunteers were lucky enough to be able to watch Steve Young (Steve Young Horsemanship) working with some of our rescues recently and it is a pleasure to see how our horses respond to him (videos will be coming on Facebook later). Steve and his wife Tanya are...

Late one Friday night a lorry arrived in darkness carrying ten equines, with only a few hours’ notice. Earlier that day SEPRONA had confiscated them for neglect and ill treatment from an owner who, allegedly, was a hoarder with mental illness. We had no idea about...

Many horses pass through the Rescue Centre but perhaps there has been none quite as special as Fabiola who sadly left us today (Wednesday 16th July). She arrived in February 2021 (when we were still wearing masks during COVID), found tethered and apparently abandoned...

We had been contacted by concerned members of the public regarding the state of an elderly grey mare tethered by a back leg and apparently unable to reach food or water. It transpired that the owners were already facing a Court case for cruelty (ARCH had denounced...

Hindia, our elderly palomino mare left us at the end of June to travel into Cordoba province where she has a wonderful new home in the country. Several years ago ARCH was instrumental in rescuing a donkey from horrendous conditions living in a ditch. The donkey was...

Torda came to ARCH in October 2023 with three other horses, part of a high profile rescue operation. She was in a very poor state, scrawny, undernourished and frankly looking very unattractive. She, understandably, had no trust in or connection to humans. But look at...

At the end of May the Minister for Animal Rights, José Ramón Becerra came down from Madrid and paid a visit to ARCH. He was shown round the Centre, heard about our work and met the horses. It gave us the opportunity to discuss the new animal laws which have created...

This year we have created a beautiful calendar featuring several of our rescues  captured by our own Steffi Kersten of Four Footed Photos. These are on sale at the Centre, in our Charity Shop or can be posted - just contact us with your address.