Tag: Equine Rescue

Feel Good Sunday: Blind horse finds home

Auburn Journal Blind horse travels 1,500 miles to Greenwood sanctuary Animal rescuers bring abused animals to local ranch for second chance By: Andrew Westrope, Staff Writer                        Kim Palaferri/Auburn Journal GREENWOOD – More than a year after being found at death’s door in Loreto, Mexico, a blind […]

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Signs Agreement with Habitat for Horses

September 19, 2012 (Hitchcock, TX) – The Texas Parks and WIldlife Department signed an agreement today that releases the few remaining horses currently used at the Big Bend Ranch State Park to Habitat for Horses. In an effort to reduce the number of horses and further reduce expenditures to conserve the park resources, an agreement was reached that allows Habitat for Horses to receive the horses and bring them to its ranch in Hitchcock, TX.

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A 4-Year-Old Filly Is Safe and Sound

This is the face of horse slaughter. She’s a 4-year-old thoroughbred filly, a New York-bred. She was born on a beautiful farm in Westchester County. Her life on that farm would have been textbook perfect, it’s an outstanding facility, with a staff experienced in raising top-flight racehorses. Eventually, she was in training at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, N.Y., but she never made a start. At the end of last year’s race meet, her owner asked her trainer to find her a home.

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