Welcome to Samaria II
Since 1999, we have accommodated horses in open stables in the loving care of the Wojciech family. As with Samaria I, these animals were rescued from transportation to the slaughterhouse.
Current information
We currently care for
86 horses
The average maintenance costs amount to € 13,000 per month.
We receive an average of € 6,330 from Star Money and sponsorships.
Our ways to the doomed
Our ways of rescue to the west, south and east of Poland…
our ways of rescuing horses from the death transports began when we set out for the western border of Poland in 1994, in order to successfully obtain the ransom of broken down horses that could no longer be transported, with the help of the border veterinarians
Over the course of four years, Fallada, Spartacus and Sussita-kumi were the first “life rafts” to be created thanks to the help of our Pro Animale friends.
In 1998, when a tightening of EU regulations meant that the majority of the death transports were to take the notorious eastern route through Europe for cost reasons, we also set off for southern Poland in order to be able to buy back injured horses from the transports in Zebrzydowice, at that time the largest border station for the transport of slaughter animals in Europe, in a similar way with the help of border veterinarians.
Thanks to the help of a unique friend the shelters Samaria I and Samaria II were built here.
This possibility of rescue came to a tragic end when, on 1 May 2004, the eastern enlargement opened its doors and border controls were abolished.
We wrote a memorandum and delivered it personally to the Ministry in Warsaw – but we also presented it to the highest authorities in the EU – unfortunately without success!
In August 2004, we had no choice but to set off for Bodzentyn in eastern Poland, the largest transhipment point for animals for slaughter – the place where the galleys of death begin. Again, thanks to the help of our Pro Animale friends, we managed to open another small shelter near Bodzentyn, “Stajnia Nadzieji”, “Stable of Hope”. In 2008 we decided to move all our animals from “Stajnia Nadzieji” to Samaria I and Samaria II.