Horse Chakotay McCue

Schorschi | Horse

An animal owner desperately contacted Gut Aiderbichl by email. Years ago, she had taken care of small unwanted ponies that nobody wanted anymore. To make matters worse, the animals suffered from various ailments such as laminitis, deformities, etc.. But that didn't stop the animal lover from helping. "I also worked with the little ponies on…

Didi | Horse

Didi recently became an Aiderbichler. He was a leisure horse, was 17 years old at the time of admission and suffers from a lung disease. The owners didn't know what to do and were thinking of putting Didi down. The vet, however, was committed to Didi's survival and contacted Gut Aiderbichl. When Didi is stable,…

Mella | Horse

Mella - No. 75 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 Mella's mother to her, but at Gut Aiderbichl she lives happily with other foals from the foal market: Nuria, Pia, Alfred, Zafar and Herzog.

Seragon | Horse

After great successes in equestrian sport, the day also came for Seragon when he was retired from competition. For his owners, there was no question that he should lead a happy life from then on, until the natural end of his life. In October 2014, he was allowed to move into Gut Aiderbichl Henndorf. His…

Nils | Horse

We found Nils and his buddies Idefix and Rüdiger at a horse market in Maishofen. They were still very small foals at the time and had just been separated from their mother. It is quite possible that they would have found a home. But it would also have been conceivable if they had found themselves…

Laika | Horse

An animal lover contacted the Gut Aiderbichl administration. When she told us her story, we were close to tears. She told us that she found out by chance that two mares were going to the slaughterhouse. When she went to look at them, the mother mare was supposedly lying tied up on the ground, covered…

Pumuckel | Horse

Circuses of the conventional kind no longer have a future. Dubious attractions in which animals have to perform strange and often degrading tricks on command are becoming less and less popular with people. Circuses are going bankrupt and having to sell their animals. One of Gut Aiderbichl's aims is to help animals in need. We…

Lady | Horse

When life only gets a price per kilogram, something has gone very wrong. Lady found herself at a horse slaughter market in Maishofen. If Michael Aufhauser hadn't found her and bought her free, she would probably have found herself on a slaughter transport to the south or east of Europe. When we took Lady in,…

Evelyn | Horse

Anyone who has money can buy animals and sell them again, no matter where and for what. In the case of Evelyn, a beautiful Haflinger mare, the owner had decided to lock his horses in the stable. Although this does not comply with the law, where there is no plaintiff, there is no judge. It…

Arie | Horse

Friesians from the circus have been living at Gut Aiderbichl for years. There they performed their tricks in the circus ring. Stallions work in the circus, and hardly any spectator can imagine that stallion training is difficult. The stallions are required to make a great sacrifice in their posture and usually live in isolation to…

Cassandra | Horse

The gentle mare Cassandra had to go through a terrible experience. In October 2007, she was to be transported from Romania to Belgium, where she would ultimately die. Animal welfare activists were able to stop the transport as the animals were in a devastating condition. When Michael Aufhauser and Dieter Ehrengruber arrived on site, it…

Amy | Horse

Some animal rescuers reach their limits when their rescued pets are ill. This is because rehoming is always very difficult in such cases. This was also the case with the little pony ladies Lilly and Amy, who both suffer from the lung disease COPD. This is a chronic disease that severely affects the respiratory tract…