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Nevins Farm and Equine Center, also known as MSPCA at Nevins Farm〔(Campaign for Nevins Farm )〕 and the Methuen Animal Care and Adoption Center at Nevins Farm,〔 is an animal shelter and veterinary hospital in Methuen, Massachusetts operated by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Part of the property is devoted to Hillside Acre Animal Cemetery, a animal cemetery.〔〔〔 Nevins Farm "never turns away an animal in need" and is the only open-door horse and farm animal rescue center in New England. According to the MSPCA, the center's "equine, farm animal, and small animal surrender, adoption, and foster care services are unique in the Northeast".〔 Located north of Boston on a rural swath of land between Interstate 93 and Massachusetts Route 28, each year the center serves about 7,000 animals and is visited by approximately 75,000 people.〔 The farm primarily serves the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire but some of its services, such as the Equine Ambulance Program described below, are international.〔〔〔"(MSPCA at Nevins Farm" )". Petfinder.com.〕 ==History== In 1917, Mrs. Harriet Nevins donated her farm of rolling pastures in Methuen to the MSPCA so that it could be used as a rest home for horses and other unwanted or abandoned animals. The donation was accompanied by a $5,000 bequest toward building construction and the purchase of necessary farm implements and machinery. First known as "The Rest Home", the property was used for retired police horses and other horses who worked on the then-cobblestone streets of Boston. Arrangements made with horse owners allowed horses that were still working animals to spend time grazing and relaxing in the fields of Nevins Farm. A common agreement was one in which a horses would rotate between spending a month on the farm and a month in Boston working.〔(Nevins Farm: About Us )〕〔"(MSPCA Historical Timeline )". MSPCA.〕 A shelter for small animals was added to the Methuen facility in 1924 and as motor vehicles replaced horse-drawn carriages and fewer horses worked on the streets, the role of the farm began to change. While involvement with smaller animals has increased, Nevins Farm's concern for large animals has remained a central part of its mission. In 1994, the farm launched the Equine Ambulance Program to offer emergency rescue and transport of disabled horses in New England and ambulance services events involving horses worldwide.〔〔 George and Connie Noble of Concord, Massachusetts donated the funds for Nevins Farm's adoption center building that opened in 2004.〔David Weber; AP (December 13, 2006). "(Nevins Farm offers chance to look at or adopt animals )", ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.〕 The new facility is officially known as the Noble Family Animal Care and Adoption Center at Nevins Farm.〔"(Noble Family Animal Care and Adoption Center at Nevins Farm )". MSPCA.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nevins Farm and Equine Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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