The woman who has saved 500 horses from slaughter

Here's How She Did It by IHeartHorses.com We live in a world where animals do not have a voice. It is our job to help them. Often times, we are their saviors from certain death. For one woman living in California, she wanted to do something for unwanted horses that were being sold for slaughter. It’s…

Young Utah entrepreneur helps NM horse rehab center

Cross-posted from the Albuquerque Journal ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 14-year-old entrepreneur from Utah has donated $2,000 to help feed and care for abandoned and neglected horses that have found a home in the Stables at Tamaya. Tristin King of Salt Lake City founded T’s Sweet Treats as part of an entrepreneurship class. Her teacher asked…

Girl’s five-mile ride saves horse from blaze

Cross-posted from the Norman Transcript WRITTEN BY CHRIS JONES NORMAN, Okla. (Aug. 11, 2012) -- Gulfwind Wild Finale “Rocky” is a champion, high strung and not easily loaded into a horse trailer. In the midst of wildfires and 113-degree heat, Cortney Townsend made a harrowing five-mile ride to get Rocky away from danger. Cortney began…

Starving and abandoned horse burned in Oklahoma wildfires dies

Cross-posted from Tulsa World Written by SUSAN HYLTON OLIVE, Okla. - Efforts to save a starving horse that was left to fend for himself in this week's wildfires were valiant, but the horse didn't live much longer after he was rescued Monday. Belinda Wheeler said she got the horse to a veterinarian, but he collapsed…

Horse found nailed into stall in two feet of manure and urine

UPDATED Sept. 15, 2012 Arrest made in Bethany horse cruelty case >> Bridget Albert, writing for the New Haven Register (Connecticut) reports: BETHANY — A Paint horse was taken to a safe haven Thursday afternoon after officials learned the animal was allegedly left in isolation and found to be in two feet of manure and…