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Huge
Horse Rescue Ongoing in Montana
Dear
Friends -
There is a huge horse rescue going on here in
Montana
. Another animal sanctuary which is called Montana Large Animal Sanctuary
(no relation to us!) had 1,200 animals and has basically gone under. Of
those animals, more than 80 are horses and 31 are donkeys and
mini-donkeys. There are also hundreds of llamas, about 25 cattle, as well
as pot belly pigs and camels.
Our Sanctuary which is Montana Horse Sanctuary was asked to help
coordinate the rescue and placement of all the equines. Montana Animal
Care Association and Western Montana Equine Rescue have been working
closely with us as have many dedicated volunteers, farriers and
veterinarians. The entire rescue is being led by Global Federation
of Animal Sanctuaries and Habitat for Horses. We have most of the
long-ears placed and are now in the second phase which is rescuing and
placing the horses and a few ponies.
I was in
Hot Springs
last week and I have to say this is the most horrible situation I've ever
witnessed. While many of the horses are in good flesh, there are many who
are very malnourished, have exceedingly long feet (like 12 inches), some
who are lousy and I doubt if any of them have had regular vet care in
years! Additionally, many of the horses have had little, if any of the
most basic training. This is such an incredibly sad situation.
As of today, January 11, the horses are being hauled to a wonderful foster
care facility near
Corvallis
,
Montana
. Tomorrow we will have veterinarians start examining and treating them as
well as highly experienced, professional farriers trimming their feet. We
have nutritious hay on site for them and will be further assessing and
meeting their nutritional needs.
All of these horses will need qualified, loving, forever homes. By the end
of this week we will have updated information and will begin posting
photos and information about each horse on our website www.montanahorsesanctuary.org.
Please visit our website to learn more. If you are interested in adopting,
please download an adoption application and fill it out. That will be on
our website later this week also.
If you want to donate to help this effort, please send a check to Montana
Horse Sanctuary,
P.O. Box 10
,
Simms
,
MT
59477
and on the memo line write "MLAS horse rescue" so that the money
is directed specifically to this effort. You may also donate on the
donation page of our website on PayPal. Some folks are having trouble
making that donate button work and we are trying to remedy that. If the
donate button takes you to a donation page, you are good to go. Otherwise
you will get an error message before you enter any of your information.
Thank you all for your help with this rescue!
Sincerely,
Jane Heath
Executive Director
Montana Horse Sanctuary
www.montanahorsesanctuary.org
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