#horse rescue

[grubloved]

process! linocut :)

[horsesarecreatures]

I like your little toothies Jesse. ❤️

[theholyskadoo]

sobbing

y'all get to know my ✨ government name✨

[mandsleanan]

For years I've followed the advice of Joe Shelton of TB Friends: Always Remember to Hug Your Horses.

Unfortunately Cody barely tolerates this; every time it's, 'The fuck're you doing, Lady? Get off me.'

[sentanixiv]

GSHM Horse Rescue Raffle

Tombstone Redemption (2023) exclusive mini-keg signed by the attending cast of RDR1/RDR2 and Red Dead Revolver, plus Roger Clark (at a later date).

[100% of proceeds for this piece of entertainment memorabilia will go to a 501c3 non-profit charity horse rescue in Arizona, to help feed and provide vet care to 25+ horses in need]

A dear friend of mine works with this rescue ranch, helping it get through some real tough patches recently. This raffle is meant to support the rescue. It'd mean a lot if y'all checked out the raffle, considered supporting it. Can confirm the barrel itself really cool, I got to see if after the attending cast signed it last year. A+++

Hugs, Kichi

Reblogs appreciated!

[daisyducklover2021]

Able to Control Blossom (My Horse).

[allosaurusrock]

Does anyone on here have any experience with Premarin or Nursemare foals? A local lady just bought a six month old filly from an auction or something (apparently ‘saved from slaughter’ and is very kindly going to include me in the process of raising this horse. Her origins are super murky- all I really know is that she’s one of around 150 foals and from Texas. Does anyone have any insight on what I might be able to expect?

[oldtvlover]

And Round Number Two.

When Johnny wants to eagerly help a girl but ends up with the animal. It seems that Roy plays rank here. Poor Johnny. *hihi*

[vaguely-existing-as-a-person]

Appeal for help:

A mare I once took care of, which was the sweetest horse as long as you spent time with her, has been bred. She has doubtful genetics, the stud used has even worse genetics.

The people that currently own them own a notorious horse-butchering operation (for dog food). It’s all barely legal, the horses get stalled in with pigs, the stable is ill-ventilated and perpetually kept dark.

They have a tiny pasture to share with 30+ other horses (it is continually added to the herd as fattened up horses get taken to the butcher’s block). For forage they get, at best, cow silage, at worst incredibly moldy hay. And no vets get called there, since the old head of the whole operation does not want any strangers on the property.

Most people I have spoken to about this just tell me to call the authorities, but in Austria there is no way to help the horses in this way. As long as they get fed (even with moldy hay), they have shelter (a mud paddock that is just knee-deep mud all year with a few pillars and a tarp over it for shade), water and a stable (to share with pigs) they don’t consider it a matter of urgency.

I would buy the mare and foal from them, just to get them out, but I have my wonderful heart horse to take care of first and foremost. Not to mention that I am only in my twenties and therefore do not have the best income.

I’ll add a picture of the mare and of the foal (born on the 18th of August 2023) in the comments, together with a comparison of the mare from back when I was working with her versus now.

I know this is unconventional, but I’ll be trying my best to get them out of there. However, I will need help, so my friend and I set up a GoFundMe for Sally and her foal, to both post their bail and deal with the extensive vet and farrier care they will both need.

https://gofund.me/b82599c0

Any help is appreciated, whether through donations or sharing this post.

TL;DR:

A sweet little mare is in need of rescuing from a horse-butcher / puppy mill but for horses. It’s in Austria, and flies under the radar of the law, and there is no legit horse rescue here.

[grubloved]

horse rescue shirt

[horsesarecreatures]

I forgot to post this photo of Yuki from the horse rescue. Like most Shetlands, she is a character and master escaper

[wandaluvstacos]

Horse Rescue Scams

I keep getting rec'd Horse Plus rescue on Youtube, but it's well-known amongst serious horse rescuers that the place is less of a rescue and more of a death camp for horses, and even traders/dealers in the area will say it. They kill anything that's a little too wild, old, or high maintenance, at least if it can't be milked for views and cash. They literally have a cremation oven on the property. Uh, most rescues do not have that nor do they need it.

Signs of a Bad Horse Rescue (based on what I've seen from Horse Plus and Colby's Crew Rescue, plus others)

They have a significant and slick social media presence, spending a ton on cameras and sound equipment

They almost exclusively show content that's meant to elicit a reaction: starved horses, severely injured horses, scared horses, horses in a "kill pen" with some kind of subtitle about how "they're all going to be killed if you don't give us $$$!"

They somehow find at least 5-10 severely sick/injured horses every time they go to an auction, and they come home with more than 10 horses. Unless they're privately funded by billionaires, no rescue has the resources to care for 50 new horses every month. Typically how they get these sad-looking horses is that they partner with horse traders, typically the worst ones, who will specifically go looking for these types of horses to bring directly to the rescue, thus hiding the individuals responsible for the horses' condition in the first place

Once the rescue is "done", you are not updated on any of the horses but a few specific, sad cases. Horses just "vanish" without a word. If it's Horse Plus, it means they've been executed and you have no clue why. They claim it's because the horse was already on death's door. But did they show the horse's condition? Did they explain all that was done to save the horse's life?

There seems to be lots of drama, constantly, that they have to talk/rant about. A professional organization is not going to mention this and will handle all affairs privately.

They're buying horses from "kill pen" pages on Facebook. Reputable rescues know that these pages are scams and that all they're doing is lining dealers' pockets. Many rescues don't have to buy horses from auctions at all, but if they do, they do it directly from the auction. They don't use dealers on Facebook.

They only seem to have a few adoptable horses, despite taking in tons every month from auctions or "kill buyers" (man of these folks aren't kill buyers at all, just horse traders who claim to be for emotional blackmail purposes)

There's one rescue on Youtube I've been following called Pony Tales that has all the marks of a LEGITIMATE rescue that does far more for horses than anything Horse Plus does. What I know about them:

They don't talk about drama on their channel beyond "we had an ice storm and now we can't go to the horse hospital!"

The auctions all happen off screen. All they do is show you the horses they purchased afterward, and it's a sustainable 4-8 horses. Very few of the horses are on death's door, so their conditions aren't easily milkable for online clout, but they ARE horses in need of a soft landing, mostly older Amish horses. The last batch included a completely blind Standardbred, a Belgian with a rotted lip, and several thin and elderly draft horses.

They have videos documenting the vet and farrier analyzing each horse so you know exactly what issues they're dealing with.

One horse with severe canker took a YEAR to rehabilitate, but she shows up in many of their videos and is updated consistently. They were told she'd probably have to be euthanized but they explored every option and now she's doing much better.

They have lots of horses on their "Adopt" page that are consistent with their videos.

If they put a horse down, you know why. They film their conversations with vets/farriers.

There's no emotional manipulation, re: "If you don't give us money, we can't save this horse!"

I haven't look at their finances or anything, but to me they seem much more legit. Support rescues with this sort of consistent documentation of the horses they take in, and definitely never one that works directly with horse traders to get the saddest horses for online clout. If horses are in such bad shape, the owners should be prosecuted, not protected so that "rescues" can profit!

Anyway, here's a video of Pony Tales specifically filming all their intakes' health issues:

[srfadoption]

ADOPT WINBAK WAY! TALL DARK AND WAITING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME! TRULY BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT!😍😍😍

[carolinayourspiritmaster]

"Light Of Dawn" is finally in the hands of the Tenerife Horse Rescue Sustainable Animal Sanctuary, to be auctioned on November 30 in their Open Day. A very sweet moment, that is deeply appreciated on a day like today. I love helping charities.