Essy Loves Ziva
Essy’s owner kept her in a small enclosure on his property with his other horses. One of the other horses was a stallion. He impregnated Essy because she had nowhere …
Horse Rescue Stories
Horses have been critical to mankind’s survival and economic progress for thousands of years. But those life-sustaining human needs have long been fulfilled by other means, steadily eroding the horse’s traditional roles over the past 100 years. Though horses are still ridden, raced, jumped and worked on ranches, we don’t need them in the quantities once so essential to our survival. The result is a horse’s age, physical condition and specialized skills determine whether they are valued and treated humanely, or sent to slaughter plants in Mexico and Canada at the rate of 100,000+ annually. Many horse owners use these noble, sentient and magnificent creatures while they are perceived to have valuable skills, and then discard them with callous indifference when their age, health or skills decline. Tragically, they can’t feed themselves, so starvation is the fate of thousands of innocent horses every year. Our individual compassion and societal moral code must be better than that.
The following short stories are a small sampling of the abandoned, injured and starving horses that we have been privileged to provide with emergency medical care and life-sustaining food while volunteers seek new and loving forever homes for them.
Rocky’s Special Gift
Rocky’s Special GiftFor most of his life, Rocky’s special gift was unseen and unknown. Spinal InjuryHe is, in fact, a proud and majestic 10-year-old Thoroughbred racehorse, standing 16 hands. His …
Eli Has an Important Job
Rescue & AdoptionEli, a mini-Palomino horse, was about 4 years old when he was found by a county Sheriff wandering in a rural area in north Texas. He was very …
A Missouri Fox Trotter
A Missouri Fox Trotter is a “gaited” horse breed appreciated for its stamina, smooth movement, and weight-carrying abilities. They are the perfect horse for beginners, including children. They are exceptionally …
7 Rescued Horses
Horses are, by nature, magnificent creatures of grace and beauty. Their speed and power mask the fact that they are sentient animals that are hyper-alert to everything in their immediate …
Two Young Rescues
Horses are majestic in stature, in coloring and in movement. But they are abandoned by their owners, in large numbers every year After they have been neglected and are sick. …
Horse Rescues and the Texas Winter Storm
Horses live outside in fields and barns year-round. Today they are running out of water to drink during this 100-year Texas freeze. Electric power for water well pumps in the …
20 Horses
These two horses were part of a rescue of 20 abused and abandoned horses in Colorado. Animals Abused & Abandoned was contacted by this rescue group to help pay for …