From neglect and abuse
posted in Issues, Mission, Neglect, Rescue | Friday, February 11th, 2011
Neglect and abuse can take many forms. Most people think of neglect as starvation, and abuse as hitting a horse with a 2×4, but there are other forms that neglect can take, such as leaving a halter to grow into a horse’s face, failing to deal with an injury, neglecting hoof care until the horse [...]
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From danger of slaughter
posted in Mission, Rescue | Friday, February 11th, 2011
Every month, thousands of horses in the U.S. are shipped for slaughter after being run through livestock auctions. Economic hardships drive many people to use the livestock auction as an easy way to get a little money out of horses they no longer want or can no longer take care of, whether or not they [...]
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