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NER E-News |
12-13-2007 ~ Vol. 3,
Issue 11 |
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Ximen |
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A Life-and-Death Situation
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Roseville Livestock Auction Protest
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Our Horses are Needing Homes!
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Help Feed the Horses
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Our Blog
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A Life-and-Death Situation |
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 Snow
Drift is a sweet little 8 year old
(approximately) pony that was rescued in
November.
Friday morning (the 7th) NER staff
found poor Snow Drift struggling to breathe. We
could hear her breathing from about 50 feet
away, it was loud and exaggerated sounding, her
whole body would strain for every
breath. We hooked up the trailer in record time
and rushed her to the vet, Look Ahead Vet
Hospital in Oroville, Ca. The vet did a quick
examination on her and determined that she must
have swallowed something and had choked on it,
but one thing was for sure she would need an
emergency surgery and a tracheotomy tube in
place immediately to save her life. The cost
would be around $1000.00 to save her or we could
have her euthanized. We had to sav e
her, she is just a doll and we didn't save her
from the wild just to be
euthanized.
We
gave them the go-ahead to save her life not
knowing where the money would come from but
knowing that God will provide.
She was rushed in just in time to save her life. After her surgery
and tracheotomy tube was in place it was found
that she had not swallowed anything to choke on.
She had a terrible infection in her skull that
was swelling and there was no where for it to
expand. The infection was literally strangling
her. Tests were done and it was determined that
she had a terrible case of strangles.
With NER staff rescuing horses from so
many places and so many people coming to t he
rescue it is hard to say just how she contracted
it.
On
Tuesday we were able to see her, and while weak
and sad looking, she had life to her eyes and
was hanging in there. We also saw her Wednesday
and she was looking a lot brighter, happier, and
seemed pleased to see us. It’s hard to imagine
what she thinks now that she's breathing through
her neck with a tube. She is staying in a
padded room at the vet and is on fluids from
time to time. It is all very costly, but she is
a special little pony and has a long life ahead
of her.
If anyone can send a donation to help with her vet bills and special
care, it would he greatly appreciated.
Snow Drift’s Story:
She was born and raised by her mother in the steep mountains of the
coastal range of California near Ukiah in a wild
pony heard.
The wild ponies started running loose
about 40 years ago, the rumor is that there was
a kid's camp that closed down and just let all
their ponies loose. About 20 years ago some of
the ponies got down on a local road, were hit
and killed and a school bus was involved. About
25 of the ponies were rounded up and taken to a
horse broker. There were 13 stallions that
were sent to auction/slaughter and the mares and
younger ones were broke and sold.
The ponies stayed out of trouble until recently. As the herds keep
growing and multiplying they move closer to
civilization
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a problem. When people are out riding their
horses little stallions will come galloping up,
trying to gather more horses for their herd, and
that causes a lot of trouble, especially when
someone is riding a mare in heat… We were
contacted to help with this problem. We brought
seven into our rescue and moved three into a
safer environment. For the time being there is
peace in the wild pony land once again. There
are still about 30 ponies out in the mountains,
but they are staying to themselves. It is really
sad because they are so inbred some of the
babies that are born do not make it due to
deformities.
The vet says the bill will be around $1000 or more. If anyone can send a
donation to help with her vet bills and special
care, it would be greatly appreciated. Donations
can be made on our website at
www.SaveTheHorse.com,
our Paypal address is
donate@savethehorse.com
and our mailing address is P.O. Box 6108 –
Oroville, CA 95966 |
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Roseville Livestock Auction Protest |
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We
arrived at Roseville Livestock Auction about 8:40 am and the protesters
started showing up to
support NER. The goal and focus of the protest was to let NER back in to
save horses. Some of the protesters had their own spin that they wanted
to add to the protest, to help bring awareness to what is happening to
horses all over the United States as well. 3 TV stations covered
the event and 1 newspaper.
While Channel
13 was filming and interviewing, the older guy that had kicked NER out
at the last auction came out and said that we could come back into the
auction. Jason wanted to verify that
he was not
going to get punched out if he went on to the property and
 reminded the
older guy about his threat at the last
auction. Being on camera, he denied it.
Shortly
after we where told that we could come back, we went onto the
property and spoke with Mark
Blakeland (an owner) and then went to see Sandy, Mark's wife and also an
owner. We gave Sandy a “big thank you”
and she wanted to tell us that Matt would be leaving us alone and we
would not have any trouble. We headed back out to the protesters and
told them that it was officially over and thanked them for standing with
us.
We got 2 horses and wished we could have gotten more. The horses we
got were horses that
were being ridden through, and when the non-ridden horses started coming
in, there where a lot of horses there that sold for $50.00 and $75.00. If
we didn’t have Snow Drifts huge vet bill hanging over our heads we would have
jumped to save them as well. There where some poor horses there that
broke our hearts as they really needed help but there was nothing we
could do, as there was no money to help them. It’s sad that poor lives
are at stake and the only thing that is in the way of helping them is
the lack of funds.
When Tawnee was bringing our horses out, there was a hold up as one of
the horses (that we didn’t buy) didn’t want to load in the trailer.
They had backed the trailer up to the alleyway and had him cornered
between the alleyway, the gate and the trailer. One of the guys trying
to load the horse grabbed a 2x4 and started to attempt to whack the poor
horse. The older guy who had kicked NER out the month before abruptly
interrupted the other guy and told him to stop. It was so nice to see
him put a stop to it!
The 2 horses that came back to NER are thin
and need a lot of TLC. They are both really sweet horses and we are so
happy that they are here safe and sound.
As soon as NER has some more funds and
doesn’t have any looming bills, we are planning on saving some of these
$50-75.00 horses. Until then, if any one is interested in donating the
funds to buy them and then sponsoring them until they are adopted let us
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Our Horses are Needing Homes! |
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Please consider adopting
one of our horses, give them a chance, and we
will have room for another horse that is waiting
to be saved right now. |
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The below equines are in transition as
NER does not have the funds to take into
our program every feedlot horse that is
saved from slaughter.
These equines are available for adoption, and may be placed
into adoption pending status. They also may be transferred to another
nonprofit Animal Welfare Organization at any time if they are not in adoption
pending. If you are a Animal Welfare Organization and are interested in
taking one or all of them into your program, please
contact us. All the below horses are in
quarantine. |
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Help Feed The Horses! |
Help us feed the horses! NER goes through 9 - 12 tons of hay each
month and the more horses we rescue the more hay we need. We can get 3 twined
hay, grass or alfalfa depending on the needs of the horses, it's up to $10.00 a bale
now. We
are hoping that you will help out by buying a bale or 2 or become a "Hay Sponsor" even if it's
a bale a month. All you have to do is donate and we'll do all the hard work of
getting the hay, bringing it to the ranch and unloading it. You really do have
the easy part of this. Every bale is definitely needed and will be
enjoyed by a rescued horse. The hay is way cheaper then
it is at the feed store and the more money that is saved from the high prices of
hay will help save more horses that are out there just waiting for someone to
save them and give them the love they so badly need. Please become a "Hay Sponsor"
it really helps to know that we can count on x amount of
hay bales every month.
This spring we were able to get hay for $8.00 then in the summer
$9.00 a bale and now it's up to $10.00 a bale. This load of hay cost $800 and is
already fed and gone! We
buy our hay directly from the hay growers to save money. Let's pray that the
price of hay does not keep going up. |
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