R.T. Fitch’s life has been anything but ordinary. Straight out of high school, he joined the U.S. Air Force Band during the Vietnam era, and while stationed in Hawaii, he spent weekends at Sea Life Park training penguins, sea lions, and whales. His path through life has taken many unexpected turns—including more than a few lessons in love—until meeting his wife, Terry, brought a lasting partnership and a shared passion for animals.
Over the course of his adult career, R.T. worked internationally in multiple countries, gaining a broad, global perspective that colors both his worldview and his writing. Now rooted in Texas, he and Terry live on a small farm surrounded by four-legged companions with paws, claws, and hooves. Together, they have devoted years to equine rescue and wild horse protection.
An ordained volunteer chaplain and professional Santa Claus for a local historical society—with Terry by his side as Mrs. Claus—R.T. brings warmth, wisdom, and joy to every season. His work reflects a life of service, wonder, and connection to both people and animals.
He is the author of Straight from the Horse’s Heart, a moving collection of true rescue stories and spiritual reflections, and Fangs of Light, a supernatural tale steeped in symbolic and metaphorical storytelling. The first in a planned trilogy, Fangs of Light blends myth and mystery to explore themes of identity, redemption, and the power of empathy—offering readers not only suspense and intrigue but a deeper look at the light and shadow within us all.
Story by Laura Maxwell of Scotland’s BBC Rescued Horse Well on the Road to Recovery Scotland’s tallest horse weighs the same as a small car, eats more than 30 kilos of food every day and needs to be groomed with a pressure washer. Lincoln, a Shire horse, now […]
Under the current Administration, the BLM has rounded up so many wild horses that the number of mustangs stockpiled in government warehouses (nearly 50,000) now exceeds the number that remain free in the wild (under 40,000). On Monday, January 5, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District […]
Report by Carol Walker ~ Director of Field Documentation for Wild Horse Freedom Federation as published on WildHoofBeats.com “The wild horses are the victims in this outrageous land grab struggle…” In September and October of 2014, 1263 wild horses were removed from Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek […]
Open Letter from John Holland ~ President of Equine Welfare Alliance “We must continue to work toward a federal law to remove equines from the food chain forever…” Dear EWA member, I like to take this opportunity each year to let you know what we think we can […]
By Cara Parks as published in Modern Farmer Afghanistan has the highest infant mortality rate in the world. The country is no longer among the bottom ten countries in Save the Children’s annual rankings of worst places to be a mother, but it remains a dismal 146. Enter […]
Story By Horsetalk.co.nz “The fires are still not controlled and many landholders do not know how horses left behind have fared,” An estimated 2000 horses have been moved out of high-risk areas of South Australia ahead of the major bushfires that have raged across the Adelaide Hills. The […]
By Amanda Marrazzo as published in the Chicago Tribune “All I could see is her going out to her barn every day and having no one there to love.“ In the days after a fire in her barn killed 32 horses, Amber Bauman walked knee-deep in ashes and […]
“It’s New Year’s Day and because it is the first official New Year Day of the Year of the Horse (started Jan 31st, 2014 and ends Feb. 18th, 2015) we have been asked to repost this holiday story of love and enlightenment. At SFTHH and WHFF we volunteers wish you and yours the very best in the upcoming year and sincerely hope that this will actually be the “Year of the Horse” for both our domestic and wild horses and burros as we address issues of abuse, neglect and slaughter. With persistence and dedication we may find ourselves REALLY celebrating next New Year as we have worked ourselves out of business with resolutions being found to the issues that haunt and torment our equine friends. Keep the faith, it is all coming within reach. Happy New Year to all!” ~ R.T.
Source: Multiple “I share this story with mixed feelings as there is no possible way to put a price tag on the lives of our equine companions who live with us here at Laughing Horse Ranch, just no way. But, horses are not a business to us nor […]
Source: ABC News A horse that had been put out to pasture had to be rescued when a sinkhole opened up in the Florida pasture, trapping him. Nate, a 30-year-old horse, was stuck in the hole for about three hours last Friday before personnel from the fire department […]
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