It isn’t unusual for us to bring in a horse that has been so starved, beaten, and abused that they have given up on the will to live. They are some of the hardest cases to bring back from the edge of death. There is...
She was found wandering lost and hungry. The sheriff's department kept her for 15 days at their stables, giving her owners plenty of time to realize that their horse had gone missing and contact them. No one did. Habitat for Horses was contacted by the...
While this story is not new, it is worth repeating. As Jerry has said before - the quality this woman shows - to be willing to give everything when a horse is in trouble - is what it takes to work at a horse rescue....
We pulled her from the pasture a few days ago for no reason other than she seemed to not be acting quite herself. She'd been at the ranch about six months, brought in from a seizure involving six other donkeys. Sometimes, when the stalls are full,...
[caption id="attachment_11390" align="alignleft" width="225"] The deformed foot[/caption] Like car wrecks and calls from Aunt Bertha, they seem to come in groups of threes; unrelated, from different places, yet they share the same physical problems. Yesterday it was leg injuries, severe enough that normally they would have...
Why Choose a Rescue Horse? Together We Prevail [caption id="attachment_11363" align="alignright" width="300"] Buck[/caption] Background I went to the habitat with the intention of helping and healing horses in need. When my day there drew to an end, I was usually drenched with sweat, dirty and powerfully hungry, yet strangely...
Why Choose a Rescue Horse? Feather's Story… In the summer of 2007, 4 pasture mates were found in an area of the beautiful and peaceful landscape of the Texas Hill Country. But what was going on there was not so beautiful or peaceful… [caption id="attachment_11355" align="alignright"...