Saturday night we rescued another scarred big lick Tennessee Walking Horse from the slaughter pipeline in Tennessee. Royal has gone through 2 auctions in less then a week, we believe that he was purchased at one auction then taken to another auction to try to make more money off of him. His Coggins was done […]
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Tennessee Shelter: Adoptions and Mud
It was a chilly day when Shelby came out to groom the horses. Dream absolutely loves all the attention, he is such a beautiful boy inside and out. Many of you will remember him as the one I saved with stacks and chains on at the auction. Those days are long behind him now and […]
California Shelter: Welcomes an Adoption Specialist to the Team
We are very excited to announce that we have hired a part time professional horse trainer to be our horse trainer, evaluator and Adoption Specialist to help increase adoptions at our California shelter. This was made possible by you, our supporters. Horse Trainers are very important for horses in transition. Horses are often given up due to […]
Oklahoma shelter: Volunteer Day, Auction Rescue and More
The January auction day started out very busy. I had planned on cutting down several trees to make a clearing for some new pens, but then an amazing volunteer offered to use their tractor. The tractor pushed down around 25 trees and I used the chainsaw on another 10. At the end of the day […]
Tennessee Shelter: Welcomes an Adoption Specialist to the team
We are very excited to announce that we have hired a professional horse trainer to be our horse trainer, evaluator and Adoption Specialist to help increase adoptions at our Tennessee shelter. This opportunity was made possible by the Watershed Animal Fund and our partners at The Right Horse Initiative. Kristen Breakfield will be working with our sheltered horses, […]
California Shelter: New shelter roofs, donkeys and more
We are so excited to have new roofs for all of the horse shelters. I picked them up early Sunday morning. Mason and Anthony brought all the panels over to each shelter. As you may have missed in the blog, we had horrible winds destroy many roof panels at the shelter. If you missed […]
Oklahoma Shelter: 18 Lives saved! Part 2
All the horses and donkeys from the Oklahoma Slaughter Auction are safe at our Oklahoma Shelter now. You met the first group in the last blog, if you missed that click here. This blog we would like to introduce the rest of them! This stallion is settling in at the shelter. When Shari saw him at […]
Horse Plus Humane Society Announces New Partnership in Equine Initiative
Each year, hundreds of thousands of horses are transitioned from career or ownership. A growing number of these horses end up at risk of inhumane treatment. Led by the WaterShed Animal Fund, The Right Horse Initiative has been developed in orderto unify horse industry professionals, equine welfare advocates, and the broader horse loving public to improve the lives of horses in […]
Oklahoma Shelter: 18 Lives saved! Part 1
We would like to send a huge Thank You to each and every person who donated to make the mission of saving these horses and donkeys possible. 18 precious lives were saved thanks to you! 9 donkeys and 9 horses were saved from the cruelty of slaughter this weekend! Shari is very busy caring for […]
Oklahoma Shelter: Preparing for the auction rescue
The auction I will be going to is this weekend, we just now have enough funds to rescue 4 horses in need. I know that there will be close to 100 horses at this auction, and I’m so thankful I know I can save 4, but I have room to save a lot more! I […]