Author: Horse Plus Editor

Thanks to your extremely generous donations the auction fund is currently at $2,257, leaving only $2,743 left to go.  You can save horses from slaughter, donate today.  Click here. We had a lot of fun on Valentines and sent horse kisses out for all.  We also asked people to post their furry valentine up on […]

It is getting close to this months auction rescue and we really need your help.  The auction is this weekend, on the 18th.  We have currently raised $555 out of our goal of $5,000 to save and care for slaughter bound auction horses this month.  Please help!  Click here. At the SAFE Surrender Site two […]

As many of you know, in the past we have been involved with rescuing dairy calves from livestock auctions so they do not become veal.  When male calves are born at dairies they are a by-product and are unwanted by the dairy.  Male calves usually become veal, either by being dumped at a livestock auction […]

We cannot comprehend why any company would intentionally place horses and riders in harms way.  The Steel Pier Association has announced their plans to bring a cruel spectacle back to the United States in the summer of 2012. Horse diving, where horses are ran up a 40-60 foot high ramp, and are forced to dive head first […]

Easton, Conn. – Appollonio Vittorio, 75, was arrested Thursday after turning himself into authorities following an arrest warrant being issued for his arrest. Vittario is facing six counts of animal abuse: five counts of animal abuse for five horses seized and the sixth count for thirty horses on his farm that did not have access […]

We have an urgent need to help two lovely colts become two lovely geldings. As you know we offer low cost gelding assistance for people who wish to geld their colts. Colts left ungelded grow into stallions, which lead lonely lives locked in solitary confinement as they are typically unable to be in a herd. […]

Our new banner inspired by Ellie is the featured advertisement on Pet Pardons.  Let’s cross our fingers that this will bring in a lot of support to help horses stay out of the slaughterhouse. The ad links directly to our new auction fundraiser page.  Instead of only having a place on our homepage, the monthly […]

The end of the month stats are in for January.  We had a total of 37 animals intaked into our shelter.  22 of those were owner surrenders, 4 came from Animal Control, 11 were from auction rescue.  5 were adopted, there were 14 euthanasias.  There were 6 euthanized due to pain, disease and/or injury, 5 […]

Don’t worry, this is a good picture.  This is a picture of Boots after being gelded as he is sleeping peacefully in the sunshine.  There’s no babies in his future! In no time at all Boots was back in his stall wondering what was for lunch.  He is such a cute little guy. Spero is doing fine […]

Just a reminder for all of you who may not know, we partnered with Capital One awhile ago.  When you sign up for a credit card (and we know not everyone wants or needs a new one, but if you do…) we get $50 after your first purchase, 2% on gas and grocery purchases, and […]