Horse Basilica

Ya Bint | Horse

As part of the cooperation entered into with the Swiss Sandgrueb Foundation (Egg near Zurich) in 2019, Gut Aiderbichl assumed responsibility for the lifelong care of a healthy group of 15 Arabian mares. The Sandgrueb Foundation had taken over the stock of an Arabian horse breeder a few years earlier because she had reached her…

Spiky | Horse

Time is a precious commodity that we should value. The owner of Spiky and his friend Amigo lacked this completely and at some point was no longer able to look after the two of them. A private placement seemed hopeless, because ponies are a dime a dozen. Nobody would take two ponies home, one of…

Filu | Horse

Noriker Filus has been suffering from hoof cancer for years. His previous owners tried to heal his hooves. At some point, they reached the end of their financial and psychological tether and Filu's future was hanging by a thread. Filu was to be given a chance and is now in the rehabilitation clinic in Egg,…

Bella | Horse

The fact that the well-behaved mare Bella is still alive today is thanks to the police and animal welfare activists who stopped a slaughter transport in Lower Austria. The condition of the 21 horses in the truck was devastating and heartbreaking. Michal Aufhauser and Dieter Ehrengruber made their way to the scene because they were…

Herzog | Horse

Herzog - No. 123 at the foal market Nobody at a foal market is interested in the animal's feelings. A number must not have feelings. We can't give him Herzog's mother, but he lives happily at Gut Aiderbichl with other foals from the foal market: Nuria, Pia, Alfred, Zafar and Mella.

Amenca | Horse

The beautiful and loving Amenca did not have it easy. Her career as a sport horse and later as a broodmare was already clear. But when a deformity of the right front coffin bone developed, this dream was shattered and Amenca was neither rideable nor suitable for breeding. An animal lover campaigned hard for the…

Pan-Zahra | Horse

"You can call me Freddi," a desperate man opened the conversation with Michael Aufhauser. But the situation was by no means as relaxed as this sentence sounded. Shortly before, the man had stormed a government office, shot a man four times in the stomach and locked himself in an office with a hostage. This desperate…

Marcus | Horse

Marcus' story begins at the age of around 3 years in the waiting area of the slaughterhouse in Austin, Texas. As warmblood horses are rather rare in this area, an employee of the slaughterhouse became aware of the gelding. He informed his girlfriend, who was particularly interested in warmblood horses. The friend bought the horse…

Pepino | Horse

Montana, Nuki, Pepino, Sam, and Vicky lived for several years with a very animal-loving lady who spoiled her five babies and took very good care of them. Unfortunately, the stable now has to go, and in complete despair, she turned to Gut Aiderbichl. The solution was to transport the five ponies to Gut Aiderbichl Iffeldorf,…

Gringo | Horse

Gringo, a 21-year-old Haflinger, came to his new forever home at Gut Aiderbichl in Henndorf after the reading of the will. He is people-oriented, well-behaved and has just fallen in love with Laika, an Arabian mix mare. I guess it's never too late for love, even with animals. We wish Gringo a long and healthy…

Arno | Horse

It's like playing the lottery for the breeders. If they are insanely lucky, a foal can bring a lot of money. Breeders hope for this and accept that the vast majority of foals die. After all, hardly anyone is interested in foals that are not considered perfect representatives of their breed. In the fall, the…

Max | Horse

When the authorities found Max and his fellow sufferer, they were not doing well. The two horses had to live out their lives in a dark stable together with cattle. The manure and urine was up to their joints and they had never seen the sun, let alone a pasture where they could run and…