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A fortunate misfortune
Day 5 – Sunday Pat answers the phone. “Great news!” I tell her. “Can you come out here now? Your baby crawled under the panels and got separated from his mom and cut his face!” Huh? Yes, of course this is great news. It’s just par for the course around here, that when a horse [...]
...read moreSettling in
Day 2 – Thursday (There seems to be a problem with the pictures-I hope the blog site works it out soon!) The mares seem to be a little more relaxed. We spent hours with them, just sitting beside their pens or sitting quietly inside the pens without making demands, or working around them with the [...]
...read moreWelcome little ones
Well, they’re here! This is Abby and her sorrel foal, who belong to a lady named Patricia. Abby’s a fleabitten gray Bar-N (Navajo) mare who appears to be between 14 and 15 hands and difficult to guess her age, without having looked at her teeth. Her foal, a colt, appears healthy, sturdy and older than [...]
...read moreTomorrow’s the day!
At last, I have an update on the mares and foals that we have all been pulling for. They are getting their brand inspections tonight and are scheduled to arrive at the horse rescue facility tomorrow (Wednesday) at around noon Colorado time. At present we have one bag of Nutrena Youth (good for lactating moms [...]
...read moreTell the BLM how you feel about the mustang situation
Here is the link to the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program page: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro.html And here is the link to the Statement of the Bureau of Land Management on the Government Accountability Office’s Report “Effective Long-Term Options Needed to Manage Unadoptable Wild Horses” page: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro/Statement_06_30_2008.html There used to be a feedback form about the statement [...]
...read morePatience is a good thing
No, the girls aren’t here yet. But I did hear from the dealer. Finally! He sounded very apologetic, even a bit flustered (like me) because he had been out of town and hadn’t been getting his messages. Among the messages waiting for him upon his return: All of mine! Not among the messages awaiting him [...]
...read moreTime 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 [...]
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