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30/09/2026

PREDEN ODDATE KOMENTAR, SE VPRAŠAJTE KOLIKO ŽIVALIM STE V ŽIVLJENJU POMAGALI IN KOLIKO JIM ŠE BOSTE.
Kjer je volja, je pot.

ZA BESEDO »ZAPUŠČEN« SE VEDNO SKRIVA ZGODBA
Dopoldne smo pisali o tem, kdo pravzaprav je zapuščen kopitar. Da to ni samo konj, ki ga nekdo pusti privezanega ob cesti. Zakon med zapuščene kopitarje šteje najdene, oddane in odvzete kopitarje.
Popoldne vam želimo pokazati nekaj drugega.
Kako različne so lahko poti, po katerih žival ostane brez doma.
To so samo štiri zgodbe iz naših petnajstih let.
DUBI
Dubi je bil lipicanski žrebec. Njegov lastnik nam ga je predal dobesedno na smrtni postelji. Vedel je, da zanj ne bo mogel več skrbeti, in želel je poskrbeti, da bo njegov konj po njegovi smrti varen.
Tri dni pozneje je umrl.
Dubi je tako ostal brez svojega človeka, ne zato, ker bi ga ta zavrgel, ampak prav nasprotno – ker je zanj poskrbel še v zadnjih dneh svojega življenja.
Dubi je bil nekoliko poseben konj in zanj ni bil primeren kar vsak dom. Zato smo iskali toliko časa, dokler nismo našli pravega doma zanj. In smo ga.
INDI
Indi je bila nekoliko večja ponica, ki je svojega lastnika izgubila nenadoma – v prometni nesreči.
Čez noč je ostala brez človeka, ki je skrbel zanjo.
Ko je prišla k nam, je imela tudi težave s kožo. Potrebovala je oskrbo in čas. Ko je bila pripravljena, smo tudi zanjo našli primeren dom in bila je uspešno posvojena.
PIKAČU, LOLIPOP IN MATEJKA
Njihova zgodba je bila spet popolnoma drugačna.
Trije majhni poniji so se znašli sami. Tavali so naokrog, ovirali promet na glavni cesti, ponoči pa so se skrivali v gozdu.
Lastnika smo iskali, vendar se ni nikoli javil oziroma ga nismo našli.
Niso imeli nikogar, h kateremu bi jih lahko preprosto vrnili.
Potrebovali so nekoga, ki jih bo sprejel.
FANTOM
Fantom ni bil najden in njegov lastnik ni umrl. Njega so si ljudje nekaj časa dobesedno podajali iz rok v roke za poplačilo dolgov. V kratkem času je večkrat zamenjal dom. Na spremembe se ni mogel prilagoditi, z zadnjim lastnikom pa se preprosto nista ujela. Ta je na koncu nad njim obupal in ga pripeljal k nam. Pri nas se je Fantom umiril. Ni potreboval še enega hitrega novega lastnika. Potreboval je predvsem čas, stabilnost in človeka, ki mu bo ustrezal. In tudi Fantom je nazadnje dobil svojega posvojitelja.
Štiri zgodbe. Popolnoma različni razlogi.
Smrt lastnika. Nenadna tragedija. Najdene živali brez znanega lastnika. Žival, ki je zaradi človeških odločitev menjavala dom za domom, dokler zanjo ni bilo več prostora.
Nobena od teh živali ni potrebovala samo odgovora na vprašanje:
»Kam jo bomo dali danes?«
Potrebovale so odgovor na veliko pomembnejše vprašanje:
»KAKŠNO ŽIVLJENJE JI LAHKO OMOGOČIMO OD DANES NAPREJ?«
In zato vedno znova poudarjamo razliko med namestitvijo živali v prehodnem hlevu in zavetiščem.
Ko žival pride k nam, ji ne določimo roka, do katerega mora biti rehabilitirana. Ne določimo ji datuma, do katerega mora najti novega skrbnika. In je ne oddamo prvemu človeku, ki jo je pripravljen vzeti.
Vsaka dobi toliko časa, kot ga potrebuje. Nato zanjo iščemo dom, ki je primeren zanjo.
Dubi je potreboval svojega človeka.
Indi je potrebovala zdravljenje in nov začetek.
Pikaču, Lolipop in Matejka so potrebovali varen prostor, ker svojega človeka sploh niso več imeli.
Fantom pa je po vseh menjavah potreboval predvsem čas, da se je lahko končno nekje ustavil.
TO JE ZAVETIŠČE.
Ne prostor, kjer žival čaka, da jo čim prej nekam premaknemo.
Ampak prostor, kjer ima čas, da zanjo najdemo pravo rešitev.
Ker za nas uspešna oddaja ni tista, pri kateri žival čim prej odide.
Uspešna oddaja je tista, pri kateri se ji ni treba več vrniti.

DOM NI PROST BOKS. DOM JE PRAVI ČLOVEK ZA PRAVO ŽIVAL.

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BEHIND THE WORD “ABANDONED” THERE IS ALWAYS A STORY

Earlier today, we wrote about what an abandoned equine actually is. It is not just a horse that someone leaves tied to a post by the side of the road. Under the law, abandoned equines include animals that have been found, surrendered, or seized.
This afternoon, we want to show you something else.

Just how different the paths can be that leave an animal without a home. These are just four stories from our fifteen years of work.

DUBI
Dubi was a Lipizzaner stallion. His owner entrusted him to us quite literally from his deathbed. He knew he would no longer be able to care for him and wanted to make sure that his horse would be safe after he was gone. Three days later, he died. Dubi was left without his person – not because his owner had abandoned him, but quite the opposite. He made sure Dubi would be cared for during the final days of his own life. Dubi was a somewhat special horse, and not just any home would have been right for him. So we kept looking until we found the right one. And we did.

INDI
Indi was a larger pony who suddenly lost her owner in a road accident. Overnight, she was left without the person who had cared for her. When she came to us, she also had skin problems. She needed care, treatment and time. Once she was ready, we found a suitable home for her as well, and she was successfully adopted.

PIKAČU, LOLIPOP AND MATEJKA
Their story was completely different again. Three small ponies found themselves on their own. They wandered around, strayed onto a main road and disrupted traffic, and at night they hid in the woods. We searched for their owner, but no one ever came forward and we were unable to find them. There was no one we could simply return them to.They needed someone who would take them in.

FANTOM
Fantom was not found wandering, nor had his owner died.
For a while, people literally passed him from one person to another as payment for debts. In a short period of time, he changed homes several times. He could not adjust to the constant changes, and he and his last owner simply were not a good match. Eventually, that owner gave up on him and brought him to us. With us, Fantom settled down. He did not need another new owner as quickly as possible. What he needed most was time, stability and a person who was right for him. And eventually, Fantom found his adopter too.

Four stories. Completely different reasons.
The death of an owner.
A sudden tragedy.
Animals found with no known owner.
An animal passed from home to home because of human decisions until, eventually, there was nowhere left for him to go.

None of these animals simply needed an answer to the question:
“Where can we put this animal today?”
They needed an answer to a much more important question:
“WHAT KIND OF LIFE CAN WE GIVE THIS ANIMAL FROM THIS DAY FORWARD?”

And that is why we keep emphasising the difference between placing an animal in a temporary holding facility and placing an animal in a shelter.
When an animal comes to us, we do not set a deadline by which it must be rehabilitated. We do not set a date by which it must have found a new carer. And we do not hand it over to the first person willing to take it.
Every animal gets as much time as it needs.
Then we look for a home that is right for that particular animal.

Dubi needed his person.
Indi needed treatment and a new beginning.
Pikaču, Lolipop and Matejka needed a safe place because they no longer had a person of their own at all.
And after being moved from place to place, Fantom needed something above all else – time to finally stop somewhere and feel safe.

THIS IS WHAT A SHELTER IS.

Not a place where an animal waits to be moved somewhere else as quickly as possible. But a place where there is time to find the right solution for that animal.
Because to us, a successful adoption is not one in which an animal leaves as quickly as possible.

A successful adoption is one in which the animal never has to come back.

A HOME IS NOT AN EMPTY STALL.
A HOME IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE RIGHT ANIMAL.

AGAINST THE ABOLITION OF THE EQUINE SHELTER

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30/09/2026

NUJNO PROSIM DELITE
Z neizmerno težkim srcem objavljam sporočilo naše prostovoljke Tine, ki je prevzela skrb za mucke, ki so ostali na naši stari lokaciji in jih večinoma hrani sama, enkrat tedensko ji na pomoč priskoči Ilona. Ves denar za hrano in veterinarsko oskrbo prispevata sami. Mucki so prostoživeči in niso društveni. Kljub obljubam, da bodo vedno dobrodošli in imeli še naprej varno zavetje, se je situacija spremenila. Prihaja zima in mraz, a ne bodo smeli več vstopiti v hlev, ki je bil leta njihov dom, ko ne bo več vstopa v ogrevan prostor, kjer je bila vedno hrana in nezmrznjena voda, ko se pred lisicami in šakali, ki prežijo takoj zraven, ne bodo smeli skriti na podstrešje.

"MAČKI URGENTNO IŠČEJO DOM

Zaradi drastično spremenjene situacije na naši bivši lokaciji, kjer še vedno hranimo prostoživeče mačke, ki so tam prvič našle svoje zavetje, hrano in prostor, kjer jih ni noben preganjal, jim nujno iščemo dom.
Situacija se je dobesedno spremenila čez noč. Mački so zaenkrat tolerirani, niso pa zaželjeni. Zavedamo se, da tistim, ki so čisto nesocializirani in plašni doma ne bo mogoče najti.
Poleg teh pa je na lokaciji nekaj mačkov, ki so nadvse prijazni, navajeni človeških dotikov in željni družbe. Naravnost obožujejo tiste redke trenutke, ko se jim lahko posvetiš. In tem bi radi našli samo njihove ljudi, ki jih bodo imeli radi in bodo živeli življenje, ki si ga zaslužijo. Nekaterim bi radi našli samo notranji dom, nekaterim pa notranje zunanji dom. Lokacija mora biti varna, brez cest. Tukaj živijo odmaknjeni od cest in se ne zavedajo te nevarnosti.
Mački so zdravi, redno razparaziteni in seveda so vsi s/k.
Dom iščejo:
PINA - sivo bela lepotička, nežnega karakterja, stara okoli 2 leti, zanjo bi bil primeren notranji dom, tudi prijazna mačja družba bi bila super
TIGI - tigrasta mačja dama, odločnega karakterja, stara 2-3 leta, bi bila srečna če bi bila mačja edinka, tudi zanjo bi bil boljši notranji dom
FREDI - oranžen mačji fant, malo bi moral še izpiliti svoje manire, ob pravih ljudeh mu bo to brez dvoma uspelo, varen notranje zunanji dom bi mu bil zelo všeč, star 4-5 let
FELIX - črno beli mačji fan, izredno nežnega karakterja, star 4-5 let, zanj bi bil boljši notranji dom, prijazne mačje družbe bi bil vesel
SUZI - odločna želvovinka, crkljivka da ji ni para, obožuje človeško družbo, navihana, če bi našla nekoga, rabi notranji dom kjer bi ji posvetili veliko pozornosti, stara 3-4 leta
MUKI - črni dolgodlaki lepotec, na tej lokaciji živi že 10 let, zanj bo najteže, star dobrih 10 let, prijazen, rad ima ljudi in pozornost, išče notranji dom
GREY - sivi fant z belimi tačkami, prijazen, ovija se okoli nog, kot ovijalka okoli drevesa, zelo rad se crklja, star 4-5 let, zanj bi bil verjetno primernejši notranje zunanji dom

Poleg njih pa je še nekaj takih, ki bi bili veseli zunanjega doma na varni lokaciji brez cest. Kjer bi imeli zavetje, kamor bi se lahko umaknili, bi bili primerno hranjeni in jih nihče ne bi preganjal.

SEVEDA PA ZA ČISTO VSE PROSTOŽIVEČE MAČKE VELJA, DA MORAJO BITI NAJPREJ 3-4 TEDNE ZAPRTE NOTRI, DA SE NAVADIJO NOVIH LJUDI IN SE JIM NOTRANJI GPS NASTAVI NA NOVO LOKACIJO.

Če vas še karkoli zanima moja tel. 031 352 459, najprej mi pošljite SMS, ker se vedno ne morem javiti, z veseljem odgovorim na vsa vprašanja.
Za Mukija skrbim že 5 let, za ostale pa odkar so se pojavili. Če bi lahko, bi vse posvojila sama, pa seveda žal to ni mogoče. Pri meni so že trije, ki zaradi bolezni ne morejo več živeti zunaj. Z vsakim bo odšel del mojega srca, že zdaj ko pišem tole, se mi lomi srce.

Vaša Tina"

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30/09/2026

PROSIM DELITE, PODPRITE BOJ PROTI IZBRISU ZAVETIŠČA ZA KONJE IZ ZAKONA, ŠE PREDEN ZAČNE DELOVATI.

ZAPUŠČEN KONJ NI SAMO KONJ, KI GA JE NEKDO PUSTIL OB CESTI

Ko slišimo besedo »zapuščena žival«, si večina predstavlja žival, ki jo je nekdo nekje pustil in odšel.
Pri kopitarjih je pomen širši.
Zapuščeni kopitar je lahko najden, oddan ali odvzet kopitar. In za vsako od teh treh besed se skriva drugačna življenjska zgodba.
NAJDEN. Konj, poni ali osel se znajde brez svojega skrbnika. Morda je pobegnil, morda je bil zapuščen, morda njegovega lastnika ni mogoče ugotoviti. Nekdo ga mora varno namestiti, preveriti njegovo identiteto in poskrbeti zanj.
ODDAN. Tudi na te živali ne smemo pozabiti. Človek lahko umre, hudo zboli ali se znajde v življenjski situaciji, ko za svojega kopitarja preprosto ne more več skrbeti. Lahko tudi sam spozna, da živali ne more več zagotavljati primerne oskrbe, in jo želi odgovorno oddati.
Takšna žival ni nujno zanemarjena. Njen skrbnik ni nujno slab človek. Žival je preprosto ostala brez doma in potrebuje novega.
In potem so tukaj ODVZETI kopitarji. Živali, ki jih zaradi neustreznih razmer odvzame pristojni organ. Takšnih smo v DZK v vseh teh letih sprejeli 204 – konjev, ponijev in oslov.
Toda pri vseh treh skupinah se pravo vprašanje začne šele potem:
KAJ BO Z ŽIVALJO OD DANES NAPREJ?
In prav tukaj je ena najpomembnejših razlik med prehodnim hlevom in zavetiščem.
Prehodni hlev je po zakonu namenjen namestitvi odvzetih rejnih živali. Pri trajno odvzeti rejni živali zakon predvideva prodajo najpozneje v 30 dneh; če prodaja ne uspe, uradni veterinar odloči o podaljšanju namestitve ali usmrtitvi. PisRS
Zavetišče temelji na drugačni logiki.
Ne gre samo za vprašanje, ali imamo danes prost boks. Gre za zdravljenje, rehabilitacijo, socializacijo in predvsem za to, kakšna prihodnost je za posamezno žival prava. Tudi zakon pri nalogah zavetišča izrecno govori o iskanju skrbnikov ter oddaji živali novim skrbnikom. PisRS
Pri nas zato nobena žival ob prihodu ne dobi roka, do katerega mora biti rehabilitirana.
In nobena ne dobi roka, do katerega mora najti nov dom.
Ena potrebuje nekaj tednov. Druga nekaj mesecev. Tretja leto ali več. Nekatere zaradi starosti, bolezni, preteklih izkušenj ali drugih posebnosti primernega novega doma morda nikoli ne najdejo in ostanejo v naši oskrbi.
VSAKA ŽIVAL DOBI TOLIKO ČASA, KOT GA POTREBUJE.
Ko zanjo iščemo nov dom, pa ne iščemo prvega človeka, ki jo je pripravljen vzeti.
Iščemo pravega človeka za prav to žival.
Zanimajo nas pogoji, znanje in izkušnje bodočega skrbnika. Zanima nas, kje in kako bo žival živela. Po oddaji jo preverjamo. Če zanjo ni ustrezno poskrbljeno, lahko ukrepamo. In če posvojitelj nekoč zanjo ne more več skrbeti, se žival vrne k nam.
S posvojitvijo se naša odgovornost za žival ne konča.
Kajti naš cilj ni, da žival čim prej spravimo iz evidence.
Naš cilj je, da je ne pošljemo v napačen dom, iz katerega jo bo moral čez nekaj mesecev ali nekaj let nekdo ponovno reševati.
DOM NI PROST BOKS. DOM JE PRAVI ČLOVEK ZA PRAVO ŽIVAL.
Zato prehodnega hleva in zavetišča ne moremo preprosto zamenjati enega z drugim.
Prehodne hleve potrebujemo. Zanje smo se tudi sami zavzemali, ker država potrebuje možnost takojšnje namestitve odvzetih rejnih živali.
Toda prehodni hlev in zavetišče nimata iste naloge.
Prehodni hlev odgovarja na vprašanje: KAM Z ŽIVALJO DANES?
Zavetišče pa mora odgovoriti tudi na vprašanje: KAJ BO Z NJO JUTRI, ČEZ MESEC IN ČEZ PET LET?
In zato ob predlogu ukinitve zavetišča za kopitarje ponovno sprašujemo:
KDO BO POSKRBEL ZA NAJDENE, ODDANE IN ODVZETE KOPITARJE – IN KDO BO ZANJE ISKAL PRIMEREN DOM, ČE ZAVETIŠČA NE BO?
Ker izbrisati zavetišče iz zakona je mogoče.
Potrebe živali pa s tem ne bodo izginile.

PROTI UKINITVI ZAVETIŠČA ZA KOPITARJE
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AN ABANDONED HORSE IS NOT JUST A HORSE SOMEONE LEFT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

When we hear the words “abandoned animal”, most of us imagine an animal that someone simply left somewhere and walked away from.
When it comes to equines, however, the meaning is broader.
An abandoned equine may be found, surrendered, or seized. And behind each of these three words lies a very different life story.
FOUND.
A horse, pony or donkey is found without its owner or carer. Perhaps it escaped, perhaps it was abandoned, or perhaps its owner simply cannot be identified. Someone has to provide a safe place for the animal, establish its identity and make sure it is properly cared for.
SURRENDERED.
We must not forget these animals either.
A person may die, become seriously ill, or find themselves in circumstances where they are simply no longer able to care for their equine. They may also recognise themselves that they can no longer provide the animal with appropriate care and make the responsible decision to surrender it.
Such an animal has not necessarily been neglected.
Its owner or carer is not necessarily a bad person.
The animal has simply lost its home and needs a new one.
And then there are SEIZED equines.
These are animals removed by the competent authorities because they were being kept in unsuitable conditions.
Over the years, DZK has taken in 204 such animals – horses, ponies and donkeys.
But for all three groups, the real question only begins afterwards:
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ANIMAL FROM THIS DAY FORWARD?
And this is where we come to one of the most important differences between a temporary holding facility and a shelter.
Under Slovenian law, a temporary holding facility is intended for seized farm animals. In the case of a permanently seized farm animal, the law provides for its sale within 30 days at the latest. If the animal cannot be sold, an official veterinarian decides whether its stay should be extended or whether the animal should be euthanised.
A shelter operates according to a different principle.
The question is not simply whether there is an empty stall available today.
It is about treatment, rehabilitation, socialisation and, above all, determining what kind of future is right for each individual animal. Slovenian law itself, when defining the duties of a shelter, explicitly refers to finding carers and placing animals with new carers.
That is why, when an animal comes to us, we do not give it a deadline by which it must be rehabilitated.
And we do not give it a deadline by which it must find a new home.
One animal may need a few weeks. Another may need several months. A third may need a year or more.
And some, because of their age, illness, past experiences or other special circumstances, may never find a suitable new home and will remain in our care.

EVERY ANIMAL GETS AS MUCH TIME AS IT NEEDS.
And when we begin looking for a new home, we do not look for the first person willing to take the animal.
We look for the right person for that particular animal.
We want to know about the conditions in which the animal will live. We want to know about the prospective carer’s knowledge and experience. We want to know where and how the animal will be kept.
After adoption, we continue to check on the animal.
If it is not being properly cared for, we can take action.
And if, at some point in the future, the adopter can no longer care for the animal, the animal comes back to us.
Our responsibility for an animal does not end with adoption.
Because our goal is not to remove an animal from our records as quickly as possible.
Our goal is to make sure we do not send it to the wrong home, only for someone to have to rescue it again a few months or a few years later.

A HOME IS NOT AN EMPTY STALL. A HOME IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE RIGHT ANIMAL.

This is why a temporary holding facility and a shelter cannot simply be substituted for one another.
We need temporary holding facilities.
We ourselves have advocated for them because the state needs somewhere to place seized farm animals immediately.
But a temporary holding facility and a shelter do not serve the same purpose.

A temporary holding facility answers the question:
WHERE DO WE PUT THIS ANIMAL TODAY?

A shelter must also answer: WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS ANIMAL TOMORROW, IN A MONTH, AND IN FIVE YEARS?

And so, faced with the proposal to abolish the equine shelter, we ask once again:

WHO WILL CARE FOR FOUND, SURRENDERED AND SEIZED EQUINES – AND WHO WILL FIND SUITABLE HOMES FOR THEM IF THERE IS NO SHELTER?
Because a shelter can be deleted from the law.

The animals’ needs will not disappear with it.

AGAINST THE ABOLITION OF THE EQUINE SHELTER

30/09/2026

AMBER IN WALTER. TUDI ONADVA STA SLUŽILA DRŽAVI.

Danes vam predstavljamo dva konja. Amberja in Walterja. Dva državna plemenska žrebca.
Oba sta leta opravljala nalogo, zaradi katere ju je država imela – bila sta plemenjaka in zagotavljala potomstvo. Ko sta dala dovolj potomcev in zaključila svojo plemensko kariero, zanju ni bila predvidena »upokojitev«.
Predviden je bil zakol.
Amberja smo odkupili junija 2010, Walterja decembra istega leta. Oba smo rešili, oba sta pozneje dobila nov dom. Amber je še danes živ, Walterja ni več.
Prav njuna zgodba pa odpira vprašanje, ki bi si ga morala danes zastaviti tudi država.
Zakon pozna »upokojenega kopitarja«, vendar ta status veže na kopitarja, ki je služil kot službena žival državnega organa in zaradi starosti ali zdravstvenih razlogov ne more več opravljati službenih nalog.
Prav je, da država poskrbi za svoje službene konje. Toda:
KAJ PRAVZAPRAV POMENI, DA JE KONJ SLUŽIL DRŽAVI?
Ali je državi služil samo konj, ki je nosil policista, vojaka?
Kaj pa državni plemenski žrebec?
Amber in Walter sta imela svojo nalogo. Leta sta jo opravljala. Ko ju država za to nalogo ni več potrebovala, bi se njuna »služba« zaključila v klavnici.
Ne trdimo, da ju sedanja zakonska definicija uvršča med upokojene kopitarje. Sprašujemo, zakaj ju ne.
Če je merilo služenje državi, zakaj priznavamo samo nekatere oblike tega služenja?
Amber in Walter sta svojo službo opravila. Njuna kariera se je končala. Njuno življenje se ni.
SLUŽILA STA DRŽAVI.
ZAKAJ TUDI TAKŠNI DRŽAVNI KONJI PO KONCU SVOJE KARIERE NISO »UPOKOJENI KOPITARJI«?

PROTI UKINITVI ZAVETIŠČA ZA KOPITARJE

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AMBER AND WALTER. THEY SERVED THE STATE TOO.

Today, we would like to introduce you to two horses. Amber and Walter. Two state-owned breeding stallions.

For years, both carried out the role for which the state kept them – they were breeding stallions and produced offspring. Once they had sired enough foals and their breeding careers were over, no “retirement” was planned for them.

Slaughter was.

We bought Amber in June 2010 and Walter in December of the same year. We saved them both, and both later found new homes. Amber is still alive today. Walter is no longer with us.
Their story raises a question that the state itself should be asking today.
The law recognises the term “retired equine”, but this status is tied to an equine that served as an official animal of a state authority and can no longer perform official duties due to age or health reasons.
It is right that the state takes care of its service horses. But:

WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN FOR A HORSE TO HAVE SERVED THE STATE?
Did only a horse that carried a police officer or a soldier serve the state?
What about a state-owned breeding stallion?
Amber and Walter had a role. They carried it out for years. When the state no longer needed them for that role, their “service” would have ended at the slaughterhouse.
We are not claiming that the current legal definition classifies them as retired equines.
We are asking why it does not.
If the criterion is service to the state, why do we recognise only certain forms of that service?
Amber and Walter completed their service. Their careers ended. Their lives did not.

THEY SERVED THE STATE.

WHY ARE STATE-OWNED HORSES LIKE THESE NOT CONSIDERED “RETIRED EQUINES” AFTER THEIR CAREERS END?

AGAINST THE ABOLITION OF THE EQUINE SHELTER

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28/09/2026

ZAKAJ ZAVETIŠČE ZA KOPITARJE IN NE LE PREHODNI HLEV?

Iz tiste prehitre in precej ponesrečene objave MKGP o predlaganih spremembah Zakona o zaščiti živali, ki je bila po nekaj urah odstranjena, je bilo razvidno, da naj bi se določbe o zavetišču za kopitarje v celoti črtale, kopitarje pa vključilo v sistem prehodnih hlevov za rejne živali.
Zato vam želimo v naslednjih dneh nekoliko podrobneje predstaviti, zakaj zavetišče za kopitarje potrebujemo in zakaj prehodni hlev zavetišča ne more nadomestiti.
Konj je po zakonodaji rejna žival. Toda njegova dejanska vloga v naši družbi je mnogo širša. Konji so naši spremljevalci in prijatelji, športni in tekmovalni partnerji, terapevtske živali, del šol jahanja, rekreacije, turizma in številnih programov dela z ljudmi. Mnogi pri istem človeku preživijo deset, petnajst ali dvajset let. Le manjši del jih je rejen prvenstveno za proizvodnjo mesa.
To pokažejo tudi številke. V slovenskih klavnicah je bilo leta 2025 zaklanih približno 47,2 milijona perutninskih živali, 206.500 prašičev, 99.600 goved in 940 konj. To ne pomeni, da je življenje ene živali vredno več od druge. Pomeni pa, da imajo različne vrste živali v naši družbi različno vlogo in da zato ni nujno smiselno za vse uporabiti popolnoma enakega sistema.
Vir: SURS, podatki o zakolu živine v klavnicah za leto 2025.

PREHODNI HLEV IN ZAVETIŠČE NISTA ENA IN ISTA STVAR

Prehodni hlev je namenjen predvsem takojšnjemu umiku iz najhujših razmer in začasni namestitvi inšpekcijsko odvzete rejne živali. Zavetišče pa mora poskrbeti tudi za njeno nadaljnjo pot: zdravljenje, rehabilitacijo, socializacijo, iskanje primernega novega skrbnika, preverjanje novega doma in spremljanje živali po oddaji.
Pri našem sistemu se odgovornost z oddajo ne konča. Če posvojitelj živali ne more ali ne želi več imeti, če hudo zboli ali umre, se žival vedno vrne društvu, ki zanjo ponovno poskrbi in ji poišče nov primeren dom. Tako je njena sledljivost zagotovljena skozi vse življenje.
In potem so tukaj še zapuščeni kopitarji.
Veliko poslušamo, da zapuščenih konj pri nas menda ni. So.
Zapuščen kopitar ni samo konj, privezan ob cesti ali puščen sredi gozda. V praksi smo sprejemali zapuščene ponije in osle ter kopitarje, ki so ostali brez človeka, ki bi zanje poskrbel. Imamo konkretne primere in o nekaterih bomo pisali tudi v prihodnjih objavah.
Po trenutno zbranih podatkih je skozi našo oskrbo šlo 356 kopitarjev, od katerih je bilo 204 inšpekcijsko odvzetih. Kar 152 oziroma skoraj 43 odstotkov jih je do nas prišlo po drugih poteh – med njimi zapuščene živali ter živali, za katere lastniki zaradi smrti, bolezni, nesreče ali drugih življenjskih okoliščin niso mogli več skrbeti.
In tu nastane zelo preprosto vprašanje:
Kam bodo šle te živali, če imamo samo prehodne hleve za inšpekcijsko odvzete rejne živali?
Prehodne hleve potrebujemo. Tudi sami smo se zavzemali za njihovo vzpostavitev, predvsem zato, da bi država zagotovila ustrezno namestitev tudi drugim odvzetim rejnim živalim.
Toda prehodni hlev in zavetišče imata različni nalogi.
Prehodni hlev odgovarja predvsem na vprašanje: kam z živaljo zdaj?
Zavetišče pa mora odgovoriti tudi: kaj bo z njo potem?
In prav ta »potem« je razlog, zakaj potrebujemo zavetišče za kopitarje.
Če smo za eno skupino živali že vzpostavili višji standard zaščite, rešitev ni, da ga ukinemo. Naslednji korak mora biti izboljševanje zaščite tudi za druge živali.
Svet gre naprej, ne nazaj. Tudi zaščita živali bi morala.

DELITE, če ste PROTI ukinitvi zavetišča za kopitarje. 🐴
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WHY AN EQUINE SHELTER AND NOT JUST A TRANSITIONAL STABLE?

From the rather rushed and quite unfortunate post by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (MKGP) regarding the proposed amendments to the Animal Protection Act, which was removed after only a few hours, it appeared that the provisions concerning an equine shelter were to be deleted entirely and that equines would instead be included in the system of transitional stables for farm animals.

Over the next few days, we would therefore like to explain in more detail why an equine shelter is necessary and why a transitional stable cannot replace it. Under Slovenian legislation, a horse is classified as a farm animal. But its actual role in our society is much broader. Horses are our companions and friends, our partners in sport and competition, therapy animals, part of riding schools, recreation, tourism and numerous programmes involving work with people. Many spend ten, fifteen or even twenty years with the same person. Only a relatively small proportion are bred primarily for meat production.

The figures also show this. In Slovenian slaughterhouses in 2025, approximately 47.2 million poultry animals, 206,500 pigs, 99,600 cattle and 940 horses were slaughtered. This does not mean that the life of one animal is worth more than another. It does, however, mean that different animal species have different roles in our society and that it is therefore not necessarily sensible to apply exactly the same system to all of them.

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), data on livestock slaughter in slaughterhouses for 2025.

A TRANSITIONAL STABLE AND A SHELTER ARE NOT THE SAME THING

A transitional stable is intended primarily for the immediate removal of an animal from the worst conditions and for the temporary accommodation of a farm animal seized by the authorities. A shelter, however, must also take responsibility for what happens next: treatment, rehabilitation, socialisation, finding a suitable new caretaker, assessing the new home and monitoring the animal after adoption.

In our system, responsibility does not end when the animal is placed in a new home. If the adopter can no longer keep the animal or no longer wishes to do so, or if they become seriously ill or die, the animal is always returned to our organisation, which takes responsibility for it again and finds another suitable home. In this way, the animal remains traceable throughout its entire life.

And then there are abandoned equines. We often hear that there supposedly are no abandoned horses in Slovenia. There are.

An abandoned equine is not only a horse tied to a roadside or left in the middle of a forest. In practice, we have taken in abandoned ponies and donkeys, as well as equines that were left without anyone able to care for them. We have specific cases, and we will also write about some of them in future posts.

According to the data collected so far, 356 equines have passed through our care, of which 204 were seized by the authorities. As many as 152, or almost 43 percent, came to us through other circumstances – including abandoned animals and animals whose owners could no longer care for them due to death, illness, accidents or other life circumstances.

And this raises a very simple question:

Where will these animals go if we have only transitional stables for farm animals seized by the authorities?

We need transitional stables. We ourselves have supported their establishment, particularly so that the state can provide appropriate accommodation for other seized farm animals as well. But a transitional stable and a shelter have different roles.

A transitional stable primarily answers the question: where do we place the animal now?

A shelter must also answer: what happens to the animal afterwards?

And it is precisely this “afterwards” that explains why we need an equine shelter.

If we have already established a higher standard of protection for one group of animals, the solution should not be to abolish it. The next step should be to improve protection for other animals as well.

The world moves forward, not backward. Animal protection should too.

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