An incorporated not for profit Association, striving to make a meaningful difference in the lives of neglected and at-risk equines through direct intervention, education, community outreach, the raising of awareness, and through hands-on horse rescue and rehabilitation through our Australia-wide Quest Equine Welfare Network.
Quest defines its responsibilities in declaring itself an 'Equine Welfare' organisation as those of providing the support, resources, education, practical 'hands on' care, and advocacy to promote and provide the responsible and compassionate care of our equine partners that is their due.
As a species, humans ....all humans, are responsible for making good and moral choices in the care and welfare of equines, (and indeed, all animals). This premise overrides 'ownership' of individual animals, and places an obligation on the shoulders of all of us to ensure that those who do not abide by, or practice common decency in their role as custodian of a horse/s are educated, supported, and as a last resort, prosecuted for any conscious and willful acts of neglect or cruelty.
It is up to us as a society to impress upon our peers, standards and attitudes towards the care and welfare of equines which reflect the civilised and cruelty-free culture in which we all wish to live.
Please support Quests work, and help to give those who suffer in dignified silence
...a voice.
You can read more regarding Quest's perspective of its role within equine welfare on the Equine Welfare page.
Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride,
Friendship without envy,
Or beauty without vanity?
Here, where grace is served with muscle,
And strength by gentleness confined.
He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity.
There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent.
There is nothing so quick, nothing more patient.~Ronald Duncan, "The Horse," 1954
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