SandyBean's horse rescue

[josephine]

Scout- thanks for posting, that was beautiful {sniffle}


Missy- the news had a report today about a horse massage therapist (on the US East coast?) who shut down over the threat of lawsuits. The state wants to require licensing, as with humans.


SandyBean- your life on the farm sounds soooo nice! I miss the green countryside (there isn't much of it in southern California, unbuilt land here is mostly desert.) That's really great that you choose to volunteer and help lots of horses when you could just have your own and help only a few. I don't know a lot about horse racing, but I'm guessing it's like any other animal

sport

where the unprofitable animals are simply disposed of. (One of my coworkers rescued a

retired

greyhound, and told me a little about it :'( )

Wild Horse Rescue is one of those

follow your bliss

stories. My friend hated her administration job and got this

crazy

idea of having a horse rescue. She saved enough money to buy a small amount of land, got nonprofit status, and now they survive on volunteers, donations and adoption fees. The US Bureau of Land Management would gladly shoot all the mustangs and sell the land, but slowly WRH has been able to expand and save more horses.

Now, about my cat Thor. He wasn't presenting himself well at the shelter and NOBODY was paying attention to him (supposedly black animals are the least adopted.) He looked so sad and depressed I just had to get him out of there, so after he proved to not be aggressive or feral we came home (he was already neutered and, sadly, declawed.) It took him a few days to relax but he's turned out to be a big furball of love! He's 18lbs (8kg) but completely harmless- he's never even hissed at my other cat, just wants to be friends. My other cat hasn't warmed up to him yet, but we had nose-sniffing this week so she's getting there. I'll get some pics onto flickr so you can see him. In the mean time, he looks sort of like this but with shorter fur. And more cat-like www.wildvisions.co.uk/Mammals/black-wolf-portrait-4.htm