Updated: January 6th, 2012
This page is dedicated to horses that are in urgent need of homes! Some of them may be currently residing on a slaughter feedlot, awaiting their shipment to a slaughterhouse in Canada or Mexico. Others may belong to private individuals who are in a desperate situation and can no longer care for their horse(s).
Please contact us IMMEDIATELY if you are interested in providing a good adoptive home (or foster home) for any of these at-risk equines!
970-218-6351
shilohacreshorserescue@gmail.com
THESE HORSES HAVE NOWHERE TO GO, AND THEY NEED HOMES ASAP!
We partner with Front Range Equine Rescue to periodically pull groups of horses off the slaughter feedlot that either CAN'T or SHOULDN'T be shipped to slaughter because they are in very poor condition and are already suffering horribly.
We agreed to buy a 'package deal' of horses off the slaughter feedlot this week, that the kill buyer said were ALL in awful shape and needed to be euthanized. With past groups we have dealt with, the horses have always been so severely crippled, sick with cancers or other diseases, or so very emaciated and arthritic from old age, that the kindest thing to do was to humanely end their suffering. However, when THIS group arrived here to Shiloh Acres, we (and our vet) found that 10 of them actually DON'T need to be euthanized for any medical reason, and just need some TLC and rehab.
Now the problem is that we have 8 horses at our facility that we were not prepared to take in, as we simply do not have the SPACE, hay or funds available in our budget to care for them at this time. Front Range Equine Rescue, who is so generous to provide funding to pull and euthanize suffering horses, is also full, and not prepared to take in more horses, either.
We have contacted some other rescues, who are trying to help, but the story is pretty much the same all over right now: space and funding is very tight. These horses cannot stay here at our rescue indefinitely, so we need to place them into good homes (or foster homes) as soon as possible!
So please, if anyone out there has the means to take in one of these horses and give it a good home, get in contact with us.
Horse 1: Palomino QH filly
Estimated age: approx. 1 year
Approx. height: 13+ hands
Training level: Unknown yet if she is halter trained
Notes: Shy, but friendly. She seems to be sound and in decent health, and feet are in
OK/good condition.
Status: Available
Horse 2:
Bay QH gelding
Estimated age: approx. 2 years old
Approx. height: 15 hands
Training level: Unknown yet if he is halter or saddle trained
Notes: Friendly. He seems to be sound and in decent health, aside from being malnourished
and having a skin condition on face (thought to be ringworm).
Status: AVAILABLE
Horse 3: Dk. brown QH gelding
Estimated age: approx. 2 years old
Approx. height: 14 hands
Training level: Unknown yet if he is halter trained
Notes: Friendly. He seems to be sound and in decent health, aside from having
a skin condition on face (thought to be ringworm).
Status: AVAILABLE
Horse 4: Sorrel roan gelding
Estimated age: approx. 7-10 years old
Approx. height: 15.2 hands
Training level: Halter trained. Not sure if he is broke to ride...
Notes: Friendly and picks up feet. Not sure if he is 100% sound, as he moves/stand a bit
awkward in his end end... which may simply be a result of weakness due to poor
muscling.
Status: AVAILABLE
Horse 5: Chestnut roan QH mare
Estimated age: approx. 3-5 years old
Approx. height: 14.3 hands
Training level: Unknown yet if she is halter trained or broke to ride
Notes: Friendly. She seems to be sound and in decent health, aside from being malnourished.
Status: AVAILABLE
Horse 6: Chestnut Mare
Estimated age: approx. 10 years old
Approx. height: 15 hands
Training level: Halter trained. Unknown if she is broke to ride.
Notes: Shy, but friendly. She seems to be sound and in decent health, aside from being
malnourished.
Status: AVAILABLE
Horse 7: Overo paint mare
Estimated age: approx. 15 years old
Approx. height: 14.3 hands
Training level: Halter trained. Unknown if she is broke to ride
Notes: Friendly. She seems to be sound and in decent health, aside from being
malnourished.
Status: AVAILABLE
Horse 8: Flea bit gray Arabian gelding
Estimated age: approx. 18-20+ years old
Approx. height: 14.2 hands
Training level: Halter trained, and supposedly broke to ride and child-safe.
Notes: Friendly boy, who is in pretty decent health
Status: AVAILABLE
