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Horse lovers concerned about the welfare of abused and neglected animals have cause to celebrate as the Equine Rescue League announced that it has found a forever home on a farm in Lovettsville.
For more than 16 years, the nonprofit ERL baa taken in, rehabilitated and, often, rehomed, abused, neglected and abandoned horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. Loudoun County notified the League in May that the land it has leased near Leesburg since 1991 was needed for expansion of the county’s landDetermined
to continue her critical work rescuing, rehabilitating and finding new homes for dozens of animals every year, ERL director Pat Rogers put out a call for help. In addition to donations and offers of assistance from throughout the community, Rogers credits Realtor Dean Makarita with helping find a suitable property and doing much of the additional legwork that led the ERL to the purchase of a 10-acre farm last week.
“After all these years we finally have our own property,” said a very happy Rogers. “Tm especially pleased to be staying in Loudoun County, where we have been wanted and supported for so long, to ensure that horses in need will have a safe refuge
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