Moment rescued carriage horses realize they are safe at Sanctuary is so moving

By GABRIELLE LAFRANK» Via PetHelpful.com. Gabrielle writes: There are so many beautiful stories of rescued animals finding themselves again, and this heartwarming announcement from @thegentlebarn is no exception. They officially welcomed two former carriage horses to their sanctuary, where the animals are being showered with love and care. It's the kind of happy ending we…

United in Light

Draft horse sanctuary The Livingston Enterprise | by Cassi Geiser THE United In Light draft horse sanctuary is one of a few places in the country where retired draft horses can live out the remainder of their lives in paradise, according to Dr. Deborah Derr, founder of the local nonprofit organization based in Livingston, Montana.…

Kathy Schwartz-Howe, co-founder of Days End Farm Horse Rescue, dies at 71

WOODBINE, Md. — Animal rescue and welfare advocates are mourning the loss of a pioneer. Kathy Schwartz-Howe, co-founder of Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Woodbine, died Monday at the age of 71, following a battle with Alzheimer's. Kathy Schwartz-Howe, who has died at 71, began Days End Farm Horse Rescue in 1989. © DEFHR.…

Pride and Joy Rescue saves 8 baby horses from Kansas kill pen

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) — Last week we shed light on a local Non-Profit asking the public for help with donations to make a trip to Kansas to save baby horses on their way to a kill pen. Pride and Joy received word on a truckload of foals being transported to a kill pen…

Good Samaritans rescue horse from icy Wisconsin lake

Watch: WCCO – CBS Minnesota/YouTube » horse who escaped his stable was found in an icy Wisconsin lake last week and was thankfully saved by a group of good Samaritans. Residents and neighbors told ABC News that they were relieved that they were able to save the horse who is named Jack after Leonardo Dicaprio’s “Titanic” character. Jack was able…

One boy latched on to a horse as he said they both had nowhere else to go

THE RACING POST | ENGLAND | 14 SEPT 22 Fox Norton has a new career – not that you would know it seeing him relax among a herd of horses. In a sea of bays and fly rugs, to the untrained eye the Melling Chase winner is hard to spot. Yet Helen Yeadon has no difficulty…

I saved an abused, broken horse. Or did she save me?

By Courtney Maum | The Guardian | 27 April 2022 ON A BALMY DAY in early October, I found an aged polo pony named Abuelita panting in a locked stall, her matted hair bearing the mark of the saddle that had recently been on her, a gash across her cheek. Her legs were trembling from…

4-yr old filly disappoints Santa Anita by dying

It heinous that racehorse deaths are continuously glossed over, and glossed over they are. It is almost equally heinous that local news outlets are reporting that racehorses are being killed, but occasionally not as many, so we should applaud horse racing for that. The unmitigated gall. CBS Los Angeles writes: QUOTE A 4-year-old filly died…

Wild horse unchained: rescue sealed with a kiss

BY ASHLEY BREWER | ANIMAL CHANNEL It’s not often that you see wild horses anymore. Sadly, not many of them still exist today and face extinction or total loss of habitat due to humans and suburban expansion. And the wild horses around the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine are, unfortunately, all too familiar with…

NAARV opposes HISA

We just posted that H.R.1754, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) is set to be voted on today, Sept. 29th. There are powerful horse racing groups who are in favor of the bill; there are powerful horse racing groups who are opposed to it. All have been lobbying strongly for their wills to be…