In 2016, about 280,000 horses were born in Poland. The horse population decreased a bit in comparison with the previous year. Almost half of the foals are heavy cold-blooded horses. In the region where our Farm Animal Service (FAS) project is situated, there are about 6,300 horses. That is 40 % less than in 2013, and possibly a result of our work. The horses remain healthy for longer with the consequence that less horses must be bought as a replacement. The number of horses at the weekly market also decreased form once several hundreds to about 30 to 40 horses per market day. They are mostly young horses who are sold to one main buyer for slaughter horses.

We reached our goal
It took over 10 years to reach a point where we no longer found only injured, neglected or sick animals at the horse market in Bodzentyn and those unfit for transport only in exceptional cases. And finally, after ten years of our work, in March 2021, the horse market in Bodzentyn closed its doors forever.