Horse quotes and a special poem

Beautiful chestnut horse with cascading mane,

In January of this year, we moved the Fund for Horses website to WordPress where we have been hosting the f4H blog Tuesday's Horse for many years. It is so fabulous to have everything "under one roof". One of our most popular pages has always been the horse quotes page. Here are some of our… Continue reading Horse quotes and a special poem

Silence encourages the tormentor

Three horses looking straight ahead. Photographer unknown.

We came across the following quotes from Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel. It has galvanized all of us here to be even better advocates for our horses. This is our pledge — to give our horses larger, stronger voices, and never hesitate or fail to speak up no matter how hopeless things look, or… Continue reading Silence encourages the tormentor

Quote of the Day

Dead racehorse. Source: Pinterest.

“In general treatments designed to repair a horse's injuries and to alleviate [his] suffering are now often used to get the animal out onto the track to compete — to force the animal, like some punch drunk fighter, to make just one more round.” — Greg Ferraro SOURCE TDN Magazine; May 2, 2013; p. 6… Continue reading Quote of the Day

Henry Beston quote about animals

The Majestic American Mustang

Below is my favorite quote about animals. It is originally written as one long paragraph, but I have separated it out for ease of reading here. THE OUTERMOST HOUSE by Henry Beston "We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice,… Continue reading Henry Beston quote about animals

Words of wisdom for the advocate

© Bob Langrish. Use by The Horse Fund with his gracious permission.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. — Chinese Proverb Get out there and do it. Take action for horses. With us. With someone else. They need our voices to give them a voice. Even if someone says trying to defend horses from abuse and… Continue reading Words of wisdom for the advocate

Happy Independence Day

Fund Horse, US Flag and Capitol Dome. Vivian Grant Farrell.

In the spirit of all the 4th of July holiday represents, let's keep working together to give our horses all they so richly deserve, to live peacefully, freely, in perfect harmony. Let our horses know only kindness, consideration and most importantly, gratitude for all the divinely beautiful qualities they express. Thank you for following our… Continue reading Happy Independence Day