Tag: 2019

Our team has been very busy with all the new horses that we rescued from the auction.  One of the little minis had extremely long hooves.  It made it very difficult for him to walk.  You could see from the look in his face that he was truly suffering.  He had been in this horrid […]

Hello everyone, it’s Tawnee here (founder of HPHS) and I just wanted to tell you all again thank you so much for your support we couldn’t have rescued all these horses without people like you. All 32  horses are safely back at our shelter.  They all have been seen by the veterinarian and have their […]

We went to the auction with a goal of saving 20 horses.  We didn’t know if we would be able to do that, but at the end of the auction, we had saved an amazing 31 precious lives! While the horses were being auctioned off, some of our volunteers were helping with fundraising so we […]

Our rescue team is at the auction right now, and there are a lot of horses.  Looking into their sad eyes, eyes full of fear and confusion, we wonder how many of these beautiful animals we will be able to save tonight. There are about 100 horses, and the usual kill buyers are here.  Their budget […]

Mixed emotions are brutal.  Tonight our hearts are both excited and sad, terrified and excited, hopeful and fearful.  Tomorrow, Tuesday, is the auction, and we have not yet met our goal for fundraising.  Will we make our goal?  Will we have to turn a blind eye to needy horses that we have room at our […]

Thanks to your support we have raised enough to save 7 precious horses from the slaughter pipeline this month, will you help us save more? The auction is Tuesday and we want to save as many horses as we can! Can you give just $1? $1 doesn’t seem like much and by itself, it is […]

Tuesday on June 18th in Cookeville Tennessee horses will be auctioned off and most of the horses will be sold for slaughter. Auction yards are public sales where anyone who wins the bid can buy a horse. Kill Buyers attend auctions to purchase horses to be shipped to slaughter, auctions are the beginning of the […]

This story is from 15 years ago, shortly after this organization was founded, when Tawnee was only 19.  Tawnee went to an auction to save horses as she had been doing consistently for the prior year.  When Tawnee arrived at the auction yard she went in the back and started looking at the horses.  One […]

Last Friday Tawnee and her team headed to Columbia TN. Here in Tennessee they do a show called The Big Lick. If you haven’t read about the Big Lick and want to learn more about it, click here On Sunday one of our adoption partners brought three horses. Daisy (pictured below) was an owner surrender from […]

We receive many horses from across the United States through owner surrenders, here is a story of one of the horses that came to us this week. We have been talking with Prince’s owner for about 4 months now planning his trip from Texas to Tennessee. Planning a trip that far takes a lot of […]