In 2010, Marisa Striano founded the farm, calling her the name of her beloved horse Spirit’s Promise. World Horse Day: How a person relates to his faithful and oldest friend Nargis Shekinskaya & nbsp; Climate and environment Spacious corns, green meadows and caring, completely female staff: in a suburbs of New York, on the Long Island island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, horses, which the former owners were ready to slaughter and be useful for people. In 2010, the farm founded Marisa Striano, calling her the name of her beloved horse & nbsp; spirit’s Promise. The farm promises healing horses and people who need support. The UN News Service visited the farm in connection with the World Horse World, which is first celebrated this year by the decision of the UN General Assembly. Having established the day, members of the General Assembly reminded the world: pets deserve a careful attitude. ~ 60 > faithful person of humans 60 > from the battles of antiquity to modern therapeutic programs – horses accompanied humanity throughout Millennia, but today, in the age of technology, few recall this. 60 > “horses not just helped us to survive,” says Marisa Sniano, the founder of the shelter. “They mastered America with us.” They plowed the earth and transported people. ”In many cultures, horses are appreciated not only for strength, but also for spiritual qualities. In Mongolia – a country that proposed a resolution on the World Horse Day – a horse occupies a sacred place in national identity. There, children begin to ride a horse before walking, and the fidelity and nobility of these animals are glorified in folk songs and legends. leaving 62 ~ now horses were replaced by cars and other vehicles. Horses today are used mainly in sports, tourism, therapy or in show industry. But this does not mean that they stopped playing an important role in human life. “horses have not lost their significance,” stryano emphasizes. “We just stopped notice them.” chance for a new life 60 ~ p > patients, old or written off horses are often sent to Canada or Mexico, since this process is associated with bureaucratic processes in the United States difficulties. 60 ~ p > “Imagine: you worked for 15 years, took care of people, and then became old – and you were written off,” says Striano. “It is such horses that we give a second chance, we extend life.” 19 horses live on her farm – all saved. Among them are former police horses, tribal stallions and even old workers of Amisha. Each has its own story. “We have GAS – he is 107 in the transfer to human age. He was a therapeutic horse, and at the end of the service he began to discard children, ”says Marisa. – Now he is retired and in love with his blind girlfriend Ramon. They do not part. Such connections are the horse’s soul. ”“ mirrors of emotions ”~ 60 > horse are not just human assistants, but sensitive, emotional and social creatures. By nature, they have an almost circular review and react extremely sharply to the environmental signals, says Marisa Striano. This congenital sensitivity makes them ideal partners in therapy. 60 > on the farm & nbsp; spirit’s production & nbsp; horses are attracted to work with disabilities that have suffered from violence and elderly. People suffering from dementia. A horse can reassure a teenager who is anxious, or cause a smile in a person who has long lost the ability to enjoy life. horses are often called “mirrors of emotions”: they instantly read the internal state of a person – even that he is not ready to admit in himself. ~ 60 > “horses per hundred percent consist of emotions. They do not know how to lie and do not tolerate when people are lying, ”Striano explains. – If you say that everything is fine, but inside you everything collapses, they feel it and just step aside. But if you are honest – even in pain, anger or confusion – they will be near. “This feature makes them surprisingly sensitive companions for those who experience loss, addiction, post -traumatic syndrome. One case was especially remembered by Marisa: “A young man came to us – recently begun the restoration path after drug addiction. It was all closed: a sweater with long sleeves, a hood, wary, as if waiting for an attack. Then we had a horse named Hartbraiker. Now she is no longer there, but I will never forget how she reacted to him. She went up to him and just … accepted him. She looked and as if she said: “I see that you are broken. I am too. But this is not the end. Love is still possible.” ~ ~ ~ p > she approached him and simply … accepted it. I looked and as if she said: “I see that you are broken. I am too. But this is not the end. Love is still possible …” ~ 60 > 62 > 62 ~They went into the corral together. The Hartbreaker sank to the ground, the guy sat down nearby and pressed his face to her. For half an hour they just sat nearby. “It was absolute silence,” recalls Striano. – Trust without words. Presence without conditions. ” when the guy’s mother, hartbreaker approached the corral, a moment ago calm and tender, as if he had become furious. She began to shake her head, snort, tried to break out. “The horse behaved as if she wanted to protect him from her mother,” says Marisa. – I hastened to take the Hartbreaker. And then the guy turned to me and quietly said about his mother: “She is hiding behind her religiosity, but did not forgive me. She will never say this, but the horse saw it”.This moment for Marisa was another confirmation that horses perceive not words, but the truth behind them: “They see not a mask, but the essence, and this is a huge force. They perceive us as we are – and still choose to be near. ” between care and operation The topic of horses often causes disputes: carriage horses, hippodrome, show – where tradition ends and the cruelty of ? “I hate jumps,” says Striano. -Previously, maybe it was somehow justified. Now – only money. Horses are pumped up with drugs, hold locked up, squeeze out the strength from them. And then – on slaughter. ” at the same time it recognizes: from the point of view of ethics there are many difficult situations. “I am against destroying one soul for the sake of another. Carbon horses feed entire families. It is necessary to look for a balance, ”she says, answering a question about horses that ride tourists in the Central Park of New York. – We simply should not forget that horses are not a tool, this is a living creature. ” 60 ~ h2 > peaceful presence 60 > for strings and its wards the farm became a place where the trust between a person and a horse is restored. She calls her work by privilege – the ability to be close to creatures every day who can forgive and love again, despite everything that they have passed through. 62 >A horse is clean. She is not with you because you tamed her, but because she chose to be near 60 ~/blockquote > “When I go out to them and they come to me – I thank them,” she says. – Because the horse is clean. She is not with you because you tamed her, but because she chose to be near. This means a lot. ~ 60 > Gratitude day ~ 60 > according to & nbsp; data from FAO, there are about 60.8 million horses in the world. In the United States, 2.41 million horses and ponies live on 63 thousand farms, and in the European Union there are about 7 million horses and 800 thousand jobs in the field of equestrian dilution, sports and tourism. In Mongolia, horses are still part of everyday life-3.4 million horses per 3.3 million people. ~ 60 > besides equestrian sports, horses, donkeys and mules are vital for rural life: according to a joint study of the World Care of Animals and FAO, 112 million working horses are provided The existence of approximately 600 million people in countries with low and average income. These animals are used to transport water and food, as well as other tasks. 60 ~ p > eleventh July, in the first world of the horse, they call to say & nbsp; “thank you” to the faithful person of a person: for labor, trust and patience. For those who were nearby, and continue to help. “A horse is a gift,” says Striano. “We have no right to lose it.”