Tag: 2012

We are working on getting the last years statistics up for you, they will be in the next blog. The last rescued horse of 2012 was surrendered at the shelter.  Maddie is a 7 year old QH mare who has had 90 days of training when she was younger, but is extremely fearful of human […]

Thanks to 32 very generous people the auction fund is currently at $2,110.  We are almost halfway there!  We only need $2,890 left to go to reach our goal of $5,000.  Please help us save lives, click here. Monday morning Patches was loading up in the trailer.  It was going to be a very busy day […]

The livestock auction is this coming weekend and we need your help to save horses from the slaughter pipeline.  Our goal this month is to raise $5,000 for the rescue and care of as many horses as we can from the auction.  So far we have raised $525, please help!  Click here. Tiz was adopted, […]

Larry and April were still in Oregon Wednesday morning, and it was cold and foggy. But as they neared their destination, the sky cleared and it got very beautiful. They drove up the driveway, anxious to see what was at the end. We are extremely excited to announce that thanks to your votes, and the Chase Community […]

We have some exciting news about the proposed horse slaughterhouse in Mountain Grove, Missouri.  They had a town counsel meeting March 6th, and the local opposition was so unanimous, and case against the proposed slaughterhouse so strong, that it does not look like they will be opening the plant!  This is a great victory for […]

Monday Larry was hooking the small trailer up to his truck.  Whenever the small trailer is getting hooked up it means a small critter needs a ride.  We really appreciate this trailer that was donated that has a ramp built in. Off they headed to the local SPCA, the same SPCA where we had taken […]

We have our statistics for February ready for you.  In all, 51 animals came into our shelter, of which 17 were owner surrendered horses, 31 horses were rescued from the slaughter pipeline, and 3 calves were purchased from the dairy.  A total of 8 horses were euthanized, 5 owner requested euthanasia, 2 due to medical […]

As you know, plans are forging ahead to open a slaughter house in Missouri.  We need your help to get that stopped!  Please visit our Change.org petition.  As of the writing of this blog we only need 9 more signatures to get to 8,000!   Please add your voice, click here. Tuesday a big trailer pulled […]

We are very sad to inform you that the Unified Equine company, under the direction of Sue Wallis, is planning on opening a horse slaughter house near Mountain Grove, Missouri before the end of this year.  You can watch a TV news segment on this by clicking here.   Pet Pardons has done an excellent editorial […]

Thursday Napoleon’s old mom came out to the shelter to see him.  We rescued Napoleon in May, 2008.  He was found to be too dangerous for riding and so he came back to the shelter. Chris decided to e-adopt him and he has lived quite happily at the shelter ever since as our first E-Adopted […]