Urgent! Our rescue team is at an auction right now. We have enough funds to rescue 18 horses right now, we would love to rescue 20 or more, we have room at our shelter and multiple rescue rigs that can move them to our shelter, The only thing that is holding us back right now […]
Author: Horse Plus Editor
Auction Rescue and Busy Adoption Days
We will be going to an auction this coming week and need your help to save precious lives from slaughter! We are planning on saving 10-15 horses if funds allow. Our adoption program this year is extremely successful with nearly 100 adoptions at our Tennessee shelter this year alone. We have rescued well over 150 […]
Rescued Horse Reunited With Owner
Hello Everyone, I want to share a story with you, it’s not the first story of its kind over all the years I’ve rescued horses, but when it happens it’s always special. In our last blog we talked about 3 horses that we had recently rescued. There was a piece of paper that said if […]
Our trainer is healed up, lots of adoptions and more
Back in June we did an educational program for kids at our local library. It was a lot of fun and nearly 150 people came to the event. This week’s newspaper was a surprise for us as they had done a story about it. To read the story in the newspaper – Click Here. […]
Our Trainer Was Kicked and Sent to the Emergency Room
We want to send a huge “Thank you!” to everyone who has donated on our GoFundMe fundraiser for the new dog and cat shelter that is so desperately needed here in rural Tennessee. Nearly $4,000 has been raised by 93 people in only 4 days. As soon as we reach $10,000, the first phase will […]
The reality of dogs and cats in rural Tennessee
I don’t often talk about the reality of the situation for dogs and cats in rural Tennessee where our shelter is. Our focus is horses, but we cannot turn a blind eye to the huge problem facing dogs and cats in our community and throughout the rural parts of Tennessee. These wonderful animals deserve to […]
Meet the horses saved from the slaughter pipeline
We want to thank each and every person who donated to help save the horses from the slaughter pipeline Saturday night. In the last email we referred to an incident of harassment that happened at the auction, we have turned it over to the proper authorities. The horses are beautiful that we saved and we […]
Update: 10 Horses Saved!
Just wanted to send a quick email out and thank everyone for your donations that made last night’s auction rescue possible. 10 horses were saved from the slaughter pipeline. I saved both of the horses that were in the email sent out last night and a lot more. We did get confronted and harassed […]
URGENT NEED: Slaughter Auction Tomorrow Night!
URGENT NEED: Help Slaughter Bound Horses! Donate: https://www.horseplus.org/urgent-need.html | Even a $5 donation can really help and it all adds up! Help us save up to 10+ horses from an auction in Tennessee tomorrow night. Right now we have enough funds to save three horses. Your donation will allow us to pull horses out of the slaughter […]
A Horrible Hoof and Shelter Blog
We will be attending an auction this weekend and we need your help! Over 100,000 horses are shipped out of the USA for slaughter every year. All that kill buyers see at auctions are dollars on hooves, and the horses are purchased for their meat, regardless of age, training level, injuries, or service they have […]