We were contacted about a situation we don’t run into very often: an extremely fat horse and mule that needed to be surrendered. Their owner had dementia and was constantly feeding them, then she would forget she fed them, and feed them more. Her adult son was quite concerned about the weight they were packing […]
Author: Horse Plus Editor
California Shelter – March
Nike and our staff would like to give a special “Thank you!” to all of our supporters and donors that made Nike’s surgery possible. He is doing well in his recovery. He has the best personality and we have no doubt he will soon be ready for adoption. Nike, who is an 11 year old […]
#1 Auction Rescue Update!
Shari, our Oklahoma Shelter Manager, attended an auction Saturday night but the prices were all far above slaughter price, so she was unable to rescue any horses at that auction. She plans on attending more during this week. Tawnee was at an auction in Tennessee where horses were selling in the slaughter price range. She […]
UPDATE: URGENT NEED – Auction Rescue
Thanks to your donations we are currently at $5,325 out of our goal of $6,000. We have multiple auctions our rescue team will be attending this weekend and we can’t do it without you. We only need another $675 to meet our goal. Won’t you donate even $10? Click here. Over 150,000 horses are shipped out […]
Lots of adoptions & more – All 3 Shelters
We are currently at $4,367 out of our goal of $6,000 for the rescue, shelter and care of slaughter-bound horses at auctions in Oklahoma this weekend. We only need $1,633 to reach our goal! Every dollar helps so much, if everyone who reads this donated just $1 all the needed funds would be raised. Please […]
URGENT NEED – Auction Rescue
Please help us pull horses from the slaughter pipeline in Oklahoma! We need your help to rescue horses at slaughter auctions in Oklahoma this weekend, saving them from the horrors of the slaughter pipeline. The kill buyers are going to be there, they will be buying and shipping every horse that is not rescued. We want to […]
Amish Auction & More
We need your help to rescue horses at slaughter auctions in Oklahoma this month. Our Oklahoma rescue team is ready to save lives, but we need your help to do it. We are planning on attending multiple auctions to save as many as we can. For more information and to donate, click here. A fan, Mindy, said […]
5 Horses Investigated & More
We would like to send a huge “Thank you!” out to everyone who donated to help Nike get the surgery he needs to save his life. We were able to raise the needed funds thanks to support from you. Tuesday morning Tawnee got a notice ready for the horses that were reported the previous day.Tawnee […]
3 Adoptions and Urgent Need – TN
For many of our long time followers, they will remember the blogs from years ago. Almost daily blogs of almost everything that happened at the rescue. As we grew from a little rescue into a humane society, the blogs got fewer and Tawnee was not in the blogs as much, even though she was still […]
Reports of Dead and Starved Horses Investigated – TN Shelter
Tawnee was getting ready to head out on a call. A horse’s owners were no longer able to keep her. The only trailer we have in TN right now is the 24′ Gooseneck we bought in 2006. It’s a big trailer for 1 horse, but it gets the job done! There are 101 ways to […]