NER E-News: 1-28-2009

Vol. 5, Issue 1

www.SaveTheHorse.com

Featured Horse - Red Neck

Pony Picture

Newest Arrival - Debongir

Latest Adoption - Sugar


A letter for you, from Jason & Tawnee

   Hello Friends of NorCal Equine Rescue!
  
   There has been so much going on at the rescue that we have not had the time to update everyone in the e-news list about what has been happening here at the rescue for some time now. We hope that you have been keeping up with our blog, but for those of you who have not, we will try to bring you up to date.
  
   Many of you know that we launched the first free
euthanasia clinic for horses. Horses that would most likely end up being stuffed into an overcrowded trailer for a long hard trip, only to be brutality killed in a slaughterhouse. Now we can provide the last gift of kindness for those horses with no home and no hope.  
 
   All the horses that come into the euthanasia clinic are evaluated for adoption and we are very happy to report that we have been able to find loving homes for every horse that was adoptable! The clinics have had a lot of attention from the media, and below are links to some of the  TV new stations that covered our euthanasia clinics.
Channel 10 News - Click here Channel 2 News - Click here  Channel 12 News - Click here
  The clinics have had a lot attention as well from well known horse magazines such as:  The Horse -   
 Equus - Practical Horseman - Equine Wellness and many more.  Many horse rescues, veterinarians, Animal Control agencies and other animal welfare groups who are now working on starting their own
clinics for horses with no home and no hope. We are pleased that so many organizations are following our lead and are stepping forward to do what they can to keep horse off the slaughter trucks.

  The gelding clinics are doing ok, there are many stallions signed up for it, but the funding for it is slow. There are too many horses and too many ungelded stallions out there.

   2009 has been a really busy year for us!  Already this year we have taken in 34 equines! With your support we can continue to take in these poor horse with no home and no hope.

Happy Trails!
Jason & Tawnee Preisner - Founders


NorCal Equine Rescue E-news & New Membership

 The last e-news that was sent out, that was not a special edition, was back in November. This year we want to keep you all regularly informed about what is happening at the rescue. We have done a poll on our website on how often folks would like the e-news to be sent out. So far Weekly is at 50%, bi-weekly 25% and monthly at 23%. We would like to know your opinion on how frequently you would like to receive our e-news.   Please vote below or click here to view the poll on our website.

E-News Frequency

   

    If you think that daily should be an option, we are offering a new feature just for you. Jason and Tawnee write the blog 6 nights a week. There is a very small number of people who receive the blog entries right in their e-mail every time there is a new blog entry. The people on this special list are the Board of Directors and larger donors, but now you can be on the special list. All you have to do is become a NorCal Equine Rescue Member and that will put you on the special list too. As the Memberships grows there will be more benefits for our members. The membership costs $50.00 a month, the money  received from membership fees will directly benefit the large number of horses we rescue every month. Think of the membership fee as 5 bales of yummy hay that the hungry horses can count every month, just waiting in the barn for them. If you would like to become a member and get on the special list, sign up now. 
Click Here to became a NorCal Equine Rescue Member.
The first 5 members will receive a free I Love My Horse License Plate frame! So hurry to make sure you are in the first 5.  In the donation page, sign up for monthly support and select "Membership Fee."  Your monthly donation can be any amount over $50, please do not feel like you need to limit yourself to $50 a month.

February Auction Rescue Fund

  
     We are pleased to announce that 15 horses were saved from livestock auctions in January, 2 of the mares appear to be pregnant, so it's probably actually 17 lives saved!
  We are now starting on our February auction fundraising. We are planning on attending Roseville Livestock Auction again, on February 8th.  We are also planning on attending an auction that will require a long trip, overnight stay, and lots of late nights from Tawnee and Jason.  We will not be announcing which auction it will be, as we do not want the auctioneers and attendee's prejudiced before we even get there. We need to raise at least half of the goal by February 3rd to make this long distance auction a reality. Please donate what you can to help us make it to the killer's paradise and save some very worthy horses from certain death.

Donate
Please send us a name for a horse when making your donation, many of the horses will need names

Below are the 15 saved from the last auction. 4 have already found new loving homes!



Advertise on NorCal Equine Rescue's Website

   We have started an advertising program on our website. This will be the first time we have accepted paid advertising, up to this point all forms of advertisement on our website has been from sponsors and other generous donors. We would like to give you first opportunity to advertise on our website, you will see a link in the bottom left of our side menu bar, or you can click here. The funds raised from advertising will go directly to helping horses in need! We will still be listing our sponsors and supporters, but this is a great opportunity for business' to support horse rescue while advertising!

 So far this year we have saved 34 equines!
Donate

 Help us save more horses from abuse, slaughter and starvation.

NorCal Equine Rescue - P.O. Box 6108 Oroville, CA 95966 - info@savethehorse.com - 530-534-7742