At this time of the year when the pasture lands where we have access to are totally dried up, every possible space is filled with hay or the oats grass or rice straw that we have stocked up to feed the animals through the dry season

Hill View Farm Animal Refuge is increasingly becoming ‘specialised’ as a retirement sanctuary for working equines and ex-racehorses.

The situation with the horses that are used for tourist riding in Ooty went from bad to worse when the tourism stopped and the owners of these horses stopped earning any money with their horses.

Suomalaisen elainlaakariopiskelija -Annan, kokemuksia Hill View Farmilta.

In addition, tourist riding is no longer allowed on the streets among the traffic but only on a designated horse riding path near the Ooty lake.