Author: Horse Plus Editor

Saturday night in Turlock, CA we had a rescue team at the Cowtown Horse Auction.  There were about 45 horses and we had raised almost $5,000 to save between 10 and 15 horses.  We hadn’t met our fundraising goal, but we were going to rescue as many horses from the slaughter pipeline as we could. […]

There are some creatures in this world that just make us smile, and the donkey is one of them.  The big ears, the lovable personality and the hilarious bray.   There is nothing cuter than an adorable little baby donkey.  Such a precious little life. Sadly, in Texas, they have decided that baby (and adult) […]

The auction is coming right up and thanks to your generosity towards saving lives we are almost to our goal!  So far we have raised $4,263 out of goal of $5,000.  Please help us save the horses at the livestock auction, we only need $737 to meet our goal.  To help out, click here. We would […]

We would like to bring you up to date on how Spero is doing.  Spero came to us on August 8th, 2011, a young severely emaciated stallion with a look of utter hopelessness in his eyes. You could see every bone protruding from his body, it was as if someone had gotten a horse skeleton […]

We had so many wonderful name suggestions for the duck that we just couldn’t pick one!  Due to the overwhelming response, we have started a “Name the Rescued Duck” Ebay fundraiser.  This is a great way to help the duck and all the other animals at the shelter and get to name the duck!  Currently it’s at […]

The auction rescue is currently at $3,568 with 4 days left to go.  Thank you all so much for your generosity!  We still have $1,432 left to go, we know we can count on you to save the horses at the livestock auction.  Please click here. We would like you to meet the gorgeous Oz.   […]

The Auction Fundraiser is well underway thanks to many generous donations!  We still have $2,255 left to raise to save these lovely horses from the slaughter pipeline.  We are over halfway there with 6 days left to go, we can do it!  To help, click here. Thursday found a truck and trailer driving across a very […]

As you know, we have rescued 100’s of horses from a grim and uncertain future at livestock auctions over the years.  Winter is coming on, and more than ever people are dumping their horses at livestock auctions in droves.  We have never seen higher hay prices going into winter, when hay should be cheap and […]

Thank you all so much who donated to Mater’s medical fund!  The fundraising has been completed and he is getting the intensive care that he needs.  Mater has a very serious tendon sheeth infection which may require surgery.  Thanks to you we can get him the help he needs.  Thank you thank you thank you! Wednesday […]

In the last blog we told you about Mater’s need and your generous support is overwhelming!  So far $680 has been donated out of the needed $800.  Thank you all so much!  We’re not there yet, but Mater is counting on you for the rest.  We can do this!  Click here to help. We are […]