Phillipe and Grace now have a wonderful home together where they are loved and cherished! We rescued Phillipe at auction in June, he was so skinny and malnourished. We felt so bad for this big beautiful boy who needed someone to rescue him and give him the love and food he so desperately needed. Phillipe […]
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Update on 45 Horses Saved
The 45 horses we rescued from being shipped to slaughter are all settling in well at our shelter. For the next few days we just want them to relax and become more comfortable with our staff and our shelter before we begin the intake process. Please enjoy these photos taken today. All of these horses […]
45 Horses Saved From Slaughter!
It has been a whirlwind since we received the call about the 45 horses that were offered to us as a last chance before they would be sold at auction for slaughter. They were not yet in the slaughter pipeline and were not at a feedlot. If you missed their story, click here. In order to […]
Urgent: 45 Horses Arriving Tomorrow – Help!
Due to a storm that is coming through Tennessee on Thursday the 45 horses will be arriving at our shelter tomorrow, this gives us even less time to fundraise for the remaining 11 horses that we do not have funds for yet. Today we worked on fundraising for these horses and worked on building the […]
URGENT: Help Save a Semi Load of 45 Horses!
We got a call this morning that sent all of our staff into emergency rescue mode. It was a call we thought we would never get. A semi trucking business owner called us looking for help. He typically hauls cattle in his business, but yesterday one of his workers ended up hauling 45 horses from […]
The Reality of Rescuing Horses from Auction
Rescuing horses from auctions (the beginning of the slaughter pipeline) is heart-wrenching work. When we go to auctions, we rescue as many horses as we can that are in the slaughter price range. We rescue the horses that nobody else wants except the kill buyers. It doesn’t matter how old they are, how crippled they […]
Update on the 37 Horses Rescued
The horses arrived at our shelter safely! We ended up rescuing 37 horses, one of the horses we bid on did not make it onto our bill and we thought we must have lost it to someone else. This morning the office staff told us that they didn’t get her on our bill. We were […]
We Saved 36 Horses Tonight – THANK YOU!!!!
We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated to make this huge rescue mission possible. Tonight 36 horses were saved out of the slaughter pipeline thanks to YOU!!! Our goal was to rescue at least 20, and during the auction your donations kept coming in, allowing us to rescue more and […]
Urgent: We are at the auction right now!
Huge thank you to everyone who has made a donation so far! We are at the auction right now and there are a lot of horses that need help. There are over 70 horses that will be sold to the highest bidder tonight, with your help we will save as many as we can.This sweet […]
The Auction Is Tomorrow! How Many Horses Can We Save?
The auction is in less than 24 hours, and we are excited to get our rescue team in gear to save as many horses as we can. We have currently raised enough funds to rescue and shelter 15 horses from the slaughter pipeline. Our goal is to save at least 20, but we can rescue […]