Starved Horses Get a Brand New Start

Coco, 6 yr old Arabian mare and Rocky, a 10 yr old Arabian paint stallion, formerly starved and neglected,

were rescued by Wild for Life Foundation in March 2013. Just 8 weeks into her rehab and they are making their transition toward training which will help increase their odds for a successful adoption.  
Rocky, now gelded has completed his recovery and has been reunited with Coco.  These two beauties will now have a bright new future, thanks to the kindness and generosity of supporters like you! 

WFLF- Lifetime Equine Refuge extends our utmost gratitude to those whose kindness and generosity is making Coco and Rocky's rescues such a success!  Thank you!!  

Tack donations now sought for Coco and Rocky!  If you would like to help support this effort, TACK donations are needed, (see list below)

Tack Wishlist for Coco and Rocky (cob/arab sized)

• surcingle
• side reins
• lunge lines (2)
• bridle w/reins
• splint boots or polo wraps
• English saddle (preferably dressage)

Make a donation on line through the WFLF-LER website:
http://www.lifetimeequinerefuge.org/home.html

Or mail your check or tack to the address below:
Wild for Life Foundation
19510 Van Buren Blvd, Ste F3236
Riverside, CA 92508

Phone:
310.439.9817

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Katia Louise, President
Lifetime Equine Refuge
Wild for Life Foundation

8 Horses and a Donkey Saved from the Brink of Death

8 Horses and a Donkey Saved from the Brink of Death are recovering and will soon be ready to go into new homes.

WFLF Lifetime Equine Refuge rescue workers and volunteers are putting their lives on hold to rescue, care and love the 8 horses and a donkey recently rescued in the Greater Los Angeles/ Southern California area. And with your compassionate help, these precious equines won't just survive; they'll thrive.

The Wild for Life Foundation recently received several calls about 8 starving and

neglected horses and one abandoned donkey in life threatening situations and that needed urgent rescue and medical care. Although several of the starving animals were part of a Riverside County seizure case and in extremely poor condition, rescue teams from The Wild for Life Foundation's Lifetime Equine Refuge together with the kind assistance of WFLF Safe Haven Network volunteers, we are nursing them all back to health. The donkey and some of the horses still have months of recuperation ahead of them, but thanks to the intensive care are receiving we anticipate that they will all recover fully from the abuses of their previous lives.

 If you have room in your barn and your heart for just one more, you can make a big difference providing short or long term foster care.  With your help, these horses and others like them will always be safe and cared for. If you are interested in helping out by fostering or adopting a rescue horse, or volunteering your time to help with feed and care, please reach out to us directly at the Wild for Life Foundation's Lifetime Equine Refuge. 

You can also join WFLF's Safe Haven Network.  With your help, these equines and many others like them can be placed in safe and loving new forever homes.  

Sponsors are needed too! You can help rescue horses in need by sponsoring their feed, or a portion of their boarding fees, or rehab, or even their training. 

Meet "Glimmering Hope"!  Hope is a darling Quarter Horse yearling whose mother died shortly after she was born. She had been considered a "throw away", but all Hope needed was some love, feed and someone to spend time with her. This sweet little orphan filly is now receiving all that and more through WFLF's Lifetime Equine Refuge, but she will soon be ready to spread her wings.  Hope would make a nice trail riding or companion horse. She just needs a sponsor to help cover her basic expenses during her rehab. You can help Hope today with a donation to WFLF's rescue and recovery fund.

Sophina and Buttercup were seized from their former owners in a neglect and abuse case. They were victims of severe starvation, but are now receiving love and plenty of fresh and nutritious feed and hay, thanks to the kind and generous support from an anonymous supporter in WFLF's Safe Haven Network. 

It can take several months to a year for a horse to regain weight after being severely starved. Sophina, seen in the photo on the right, is gradually putting on the weight she needs. 

Sophina and Buttercup will remain in special care for another couple months until their body weight is stabilized. These mares are both in their early 20's and will need a safe place to call home once they complete their recovery. If you would like to adopt or provide long-term  foster care for Sophina and Buttercups, or other horses like them, contact WFLF-LER info@lifetimeequinerefuge.org.

Marley is a wooly donkey now under the care of WFLF Lifetime Equine Refuge.  Marley is a victim of abandonment and neglect, but together, we are saving his life and helping him heal. Marley has large infected wounds on both his front legs but is responding well to his medical treatments. He is receiving lots of TLC at Lifetime Equine Refuge.   Your support today for Marley will help cover his medical costs so that he can soon transition to a new forever home with a qualified adopter. He is halter broke and leads well, and trailers like a champ. Marley would make a wonderful companion donkey to other smaller equines.   Please make a donation to help support Marley's full recovery.

WFLF Lifetime equine Refuge is taking donations and pledges for foster care, and assistance to help save these equines' lives.  Please act now to make a difference. Time is of the essence.

As always, thank you for caring.  Your support makes our work possible.

The Team at Lifetime equine Refuge
Wild for Life Foundation
www.LifetimeEquineRefuge.org
www.WildForLifeFoundation.org

June 28, 2013

THE WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION Receives the GuideStar Gold Exchange Seal in recognition of Its Commitment to Transparency

For Immediate Release

THE WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION Has Reached the GuideStar Exchange Gold Participation Level as a Demonstration of Its Commitment to Transparency

June 27, 2013, LOS ANGELES, CA – THE WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION today received the GuideStar Exchange Gold participation level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information. This level demonstrates THE WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION's deep commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability.

"We have worked hard to showcase our progress toward our mission, and our long-held belief in being transparent about our work, to our constituents," said KATIA LOUISE, President WFLF. "As a GuideStar Exchange participant, we use their platform to share a wealth of up-to-date information about our work to our supporters and GuideStar's immense online audience of nonprofits, grantmakers, individual donors, and the media."

In order to be awarded the GuideStar Exchange logo, THE WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION had to fill out every required field of our nonprofit report page on www.guidestar.org for the Gold level of participation.

"I encourage you to check out our profile on GuideStar to see what we're all about," added KATIA LOUISE. "We are engaged in exciting initiatives, and we are thrilled to have another platform for communicating our advancement and progress."

About the GuideStar Exchange

The GuideStar Exchange is an initiative designed to connect nonprofits with current and potential supporters. With millions of people coming to GuideStar to learn more about nonprofit organizations, the GuideStar Exchange allows nonprofits to share a wealth of up-to-date information with GuideStar's many audiences. Becoming a GuideStar Exchange participant is free of charge. To join, organizations need to update their report pages, completing all required fields for participation. The GuideStar Exchange level logos, acknowledged as symbols of transparency in the nonprofit sector, are displayed on all Exchange participants' nonprofit reports.

THE WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION
Gold participation level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information. This level demonstrates THE WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION's deep commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability.
SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES
LIFETIME EQUINE REFUGE

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News Contact: KATE DUDLEY
Kate@katedudley.com
info@wildforlifefoundation.org
Office: 310.439.9817

WFLF-LER Rescue News and Updates: June 2013

Los Angeles, June 8, 2013, Rescue News and Updates: 
More great news from Wild for Life Foundation! We are pleased to share some heartwarming progress made by our new family of rescues and tell you about WFLF's newest Fairy Tale Beginnings, but first; there are three horses and a donkey that need urgent help; a QH mare and filly whose lives are at stake right now,  and Diego a rescued Thoroughbred gelding, and little Marley, a sweet male standard size wooly donkey... here's the scoop -

The mare, Jazz is a 23 yr old registered QH.. she competed and road trails with her former

owner, then was used as a brood mare and she produced champions. The filly, Glimmering Hope is an unregistered QH yearling whose mother died shortly after she was born.  This little darling is a true survivor - weaned early... She's thin but otherwise healthy.   Their lives are at stake and we need to work quickly to bring them to safety.  As we initiate our plan of action, we are also taking donations and pledges for foster care, and assistance to help save their lives.  Please act now; time is of the essence.

Little Marley, the donkey needs urgent help!  We rescued Marley from Riverside Animal Services Sunday, June 2nd, but he has large infected wounds on both his front legs.  Poor little Marley had been found abandoned by animal control, but his prognosis is good.  Marley is now getting special medical care and we are working with him as he regains his trust in people.  Your support today for Marley will help cover his medical costs so that he can soon transition to a new forever home with a qualified adopter. He is halter broke and leads well, and trailers like a champ. Marley would make a wonderful companion donkey to other smaller equines.   Please make a donation to help support Marley's medical expenses today.

Diego is a rescued Thoroughbred that came in

straight from the CA slaughter pipeline where he had been dumped. Diego arrived to WFLF's sanctuary very thin, scared, no self esteem and with a bump on his face which we have been monitoring since. He has come a long ways since then - he's  now healthy, sound and a total charmer. In fact so charming that we nick named him Prince Diego.  He has completed his rehab and was the very next in line for training, but during his last check up it was discovered that his bump on his face has grown.  Prince Diego's x-rays indicate that the lump is boney tissue and now he needs an MRI to make sure the lump can be safely removed before it grows any larger.  Prince Diego is a sweetheart. He went through training at Monty Robert's, he's healthy, he trailers, trims,  and gets along with other horses well. Prince Diego would make someone a nice dressage horse or lovely companion trail riding horse, but he needs support from kind and compassionate people like you so that he can get the urgent medical care he needs before it's too late. Please click to support Diego today. 

Please consider helping to support Wild for Life Foundation's equine rescue efforts with a donation to our emergency rescue fund today. Your tax deductible donation to Wild for Life Foundation will in deed save lives. 

Sponsors are needed to help rescue horses in need. You can sponsor their feed, their rehab, their training, or if you have room in your barn and your heart for just one more, you can make a big difference providing short or long term foster care. Experienced equine care providers that would like to help to foster or adopt a horse or donkey in need are invited to join WFLF's Safe Haven Network. With your help, these equines and many others like them can be placed in safe and loving new forever homes. 

May's Fairy Tale Beginnings:
In May we rescued Jesse-Belle, an 18 year old Thoroughbred/QH cross, whose life was at

stake. JesseBelle was an owner surrender that came into our program in urgent need of medical care that her previous owner could not provide.  Jesse-Belle was thin and in extreme pain with symptoms that suggested she may have foundered. We are happy to report that she is receiving the best of care and her condition is improving thanks to your kind and generous support. 

UPDATES: 
Thanks to the kind and generous support of people like you, Coco an Arabian mix mare and Rocky, an Arabian/QH stallion rescued together in March are making a fantastic come back!



Check out Coco's before and after photos -- and what a little cutie.  She's filling in beautifully and has a gorgeous new coat.  Coco is ready to transition into a loving foster or a new forever home, but she's really attached to Rocky and after all they have been through, we are doing everything we can to keep them together.

Rocky is doing great too and he is such a mellow and willing horse.  When we rescued Rocky he was too weak to step into the trailer but he is thriving and basking in the love and care he's received since his rescue.  This gentle boy of approx 10 yrs old has now been gelded and is ready to transition out of our special care unit into a loving foster or new forever home with Coco.

Remember Bella Rose and Rosebud? These two Thoroughbred mares had been

neglected by their previous owner.  WFLF-LER partnered with Riverside County Animal Services where they had been taken in and thanks to kind and generous supporters like you, we rescued Bella Rose and Rosebud through Wild for Life Foundation's Lifetime Equine Refuge. We are happy to report that Bella Rose and Rosebud are coming along nicely and doing very well.  They are putting on much needed weight and getting caught up with plenty of love and TLC.  Bella Rose and Rosebud are very bonded and we are looking ahead  so that they can stay together during the next stage of transition from rehab to training. 

"We are working with individual members of the equestrian community to find positive solutions that will provide Bella Rose and Rosebud and others like them, with loving homes and lifelong care, "says Katia Louise, President Wild for Life Foundation.  "We are fortunate that caring individuals are willing to partner with our nonprofit rescue organization to help find creative solutions for horses with such dire need."

(Right) Rosebud aka Carousel Delight (2002) is a former CA racehorse. She had 4 starts and won 1st place once. (April 2013)

(Left) Bella Rose at Riverside Co Animal Services.. she had come in together with Rosebud. (April 2013)

And remember Louie? It's Like a Fairy Tale Come True: Louie, a 22 yr old former racehorse, (53 starts, took 1st place twice, and who has seen many years since), with strong trail riding background and a heart of a foal, had become very thin and weak as his former owner was unable to feed and care for him any longer. Wild for Life Foundation representatives assessed his situation and found this gentle gelding in dire need. We rescued Louie and took him under our care in April.   

Louie Lou Eye has been successfully placed in a new forever home through the WFLF-LER adoption program where he is thriving and having the time of his life with his new guardian! 

Do you have room in your heart and in your barn? Those interested and experienced in equine care, training, or transport are invited to join WFLF's Safe Haven Network by volunteering, or helping to foster or adopt a horse in need. With your help, these horses and others like them will always be safe and cared for.
  
Princess, a really sweet 13 yr old off track Thoroughbred mare that had raced for several years and then was used as a brood mare, was later dumped into the slaughter pipeline, injured, very thin, terribly weak and trembling with fear. We rescued Princess and thanks to kind and generous supporters like you, she is in rehab at WFLF's sanctuary where she is thriving and is coming along nicely.

Wild for Life Foundation is deeply grateful to the kind and caring members of the equestrian community who have generously donated their support to help provide for horses in these times of dire need. With your support we are saving lives and making wishes come true. Thank you!!!     

Arrow, the 16 year old Appy mare, that we rescued in March is doing fantastic! And the

foster care provider who has been taking care of her is making application to adopt her!  Arrow has arthritis in her rear legs and just needed a safe and loving place with a small pasture where she could live out her years.  We are thrilled for Arrow and looking forward to many happy and healthy years ahead for her.

Learn how to help, ...join our network, become a sponsor, adopt or foster:
http://www.lifetimeequinerefuge.org/adoption.html    

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