Tag: 2019

We know many of our followers wonder what it is actually like to go to a slaughter auction, and what our rescue process is.  How do we decide who to rescue?  How do we know who to save?  When we started rescuing horses at auctions 16 years ago, we would pick and choose the horses […]

Many people like to pretend that horse slaughter is not something that actually happens to horses in the United States. An Animal Angels investigation recently released the result of their investigations about the reality horses are facing in Tennessee. With the antiquated animal welfare laws kill buyers are flocking to Tennessee and having a hay […]

?$$DONATIONS DOUBLED$$? Donations will be matched $1 for $1 up to $2,500! This is an amazing opportunity and will help us save horses from a Slaughter Auction on Tuesday, 2-19-19. Your donation of $10 will become $20 just like that! At Slaughter Auctions we see all kinds of horses, fat, skinny, old and young, they […]

January has come to a close and it is amazing everything that we have done so far this year. We have a lot of construction going on as we improve our shelter facility – a new 10 stall intake barn and a maintenance barn, but let’s talk about the animals! During January we had 42 […]

It was a hard day, so very hard, we rescued so many horses that needed the Last Act of Kindness that it left our heart’s aching. If we had not saved them, they would have continued down the slaughter pipeline to a horribly brutal and painful ending. We know it was the right thing to […]

We are so excited!  It was a long auction, and there was definitely some twists and turns that were not expected, but in the end thanks to an outpouring of support from many individuals just like you, we were able to save 24 precious lives: 23 horses / minis / ponies, and 1 dog.   […]

Our rescue team is at the auction right now getting ready to save lives, and we really need your help!  Many of the horses at this auction tonight are old and feeble. It breaks our hearts to see elderly horses dumped at auction after serving their owners all of their lives.  We want to save […]

Payton Christian is an actress and assistant director, known for I’m Not Ashamed (2016), To Be a Soldier (2018), Rumors of Wars (2014) and about 20 other movies. Payton is one of our volunteers and goes with us on many rescue missions.Payton knows the heartbreak of seeing what horses go through in the slaughter pipeline. The horses seen below are horses that Payton helped […]

Why do we rescue from the slaughter pipeline?  Some people think horses at auctions are “junk throw away good for nothing horses that are worth nothing but what a kill buyer can get for it at a slaughter plant.”  Just because a horse falls on hard times does not mean it should ever be subjected […]

Our rescue team is preparing to attend a slaughter auction this coming week, and we really need your help to save lives.  Thanks to your donations, we have raised enough funds to rescue and shelter 2 horses from this upcoming auction, but with your help we can save many more precious lives.  Last year, 2018, […]