Time Bomb?
Wednesday morning Do miracles really happen? It looks like four horses, that is, two mares and their suckling foals, are about to be rescued from the jaws of a fatal ordeal. The mares, taken to slaughter; the foals, abandoned unless dedicated people are recruited to take them in and bottle-feed them. This crisis came to [...]
...read moreTick…tick…tick……………tick….
Monday night… It’s been a long day … I’m thinking … This blog is brand new. Sigh. No one is going to have even seen it. Why am I even bothering? Quit being negative. If anything is meant to happen it will. Right? Sure, whatever. Checking e-mail. What’s this? I read your blog. I think [...]
...read moreSlaughter, Stewardship and (potential) Tragedy
Yesterday, our horse rescue had the pleasure and privilege to participate in the Southwest Colorado Animal Welfare Conversation in Durango, sponsored by the Foundation for Protection of Animals, the Summerlee Foundation, and the Animal Assistance Foundation. Though I gather the Conversation had been initially envisioned as a meeting of minds in the pet shelter, rescue [...]
...read moreResenting Compassion
On Wednesday, June 11, 2008, a representative of a Colorado horse rescue was thrown off an area livestock auction premises with much ado and told, in front of several witnesses, never to come back. What was he doing that was so offensive to the livestock auction owner? Was he taking pictures of skinny and injured [...]
...read moreWelcome to my Horse Rescue
Proud Arabian Mare and Foal To start and maintain a nonprofit horse rescue operation is to embark upon the endurance ride of your life. We started ours, a small family-run operation run by a mom, a dad and two little kids, in 2005 and yet, even with newsletters and flyer-frenzies it still seems that “nobody” [...]
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