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Showing posts with label rescue. Show all posts

EMERGENCY RESCUE MISSION: S Cal. - 2 starving young horses



Dear friends
Help is needed to save O’Dakota, a 7 year old Mustang and his devoted 2 year old friend Chaska’; both are geldings that were sadly starving under the neglect of their owner.  Their lives are both at risk – they just days for us to save them.  Your support is needed to get them to safety right away.   They are emaciated, but otherwise healthy and have been vaccinated and de-wormed.
Time is of the essence, please act now.  You can help by sharing this email, or by donating to their feed and care.

Together we can make this story of broken hearts and shattered lives whole again.  To help support this emergency effort please give on line or donate by mail today. 

Experienced equine care providers interested in helping to foster or adopt a horse in need are invited to join WFLF's Safe Haven Network. With your help, more horses like
O'Dokota and Chaska' can receive a second chance at life.

If you have room for a horse in need, or know someone else that does, please contact WFLF's Lifetime Equine Refuge directly. info@lifetimeequinerefuge.org


Wild for Life Foundation 's Lifetime Equine Refuge provides medical care, food, shelter and a 2nd chance at life for at risk wild and domestic equines in need. Wild for Life Foundation (WFLF) is a 501c3 all volunteer nonprofit charity dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving wild and domestic equines through rescue, sanctuary and education. Donations to WFLF are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Federal ID No. 26-3052458.

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







8 NV Wild Horses Need Help Now

Dear friends and horse advocates,

We received the following information about 8 wild horses in NV.  Since they were trapped on NV Ag lands they do not have the same protection as the wild horses on BLM lands and are instead considered feral. Feral horses trapped and removed by the NV Dept of Ag are subject to sale or auction. However the NV Department of Ag will be making them available for adoption for a limited period of time.  If you can help one or more of these horses by adopting them please contact Jim R Barbee, Director, Nevada Department of Agriculture, directly at the number provided below. 

We have no further information at this time but will update details as they become available.

Message received:
We have picked up 8 horses through our traps, they will be advertised through Mason Valley Newspaper. In summary we will offer them for adoption at $90 per horse based on the cost of feed and processing. Any horses that are not adopted will be sent to the Fallon livestock Sale. All adoption will require the horse to be removed from the warm springs facility on the day of adoption. Ownership will be transferred to the adoptee on the day of the adoption. I will follow up on the exact date when I receive the final draft of the advertisement. Thanks Jim

Jim R Barbee
Director, Nevada Department of Agriculture
405 S. 21st Street
Sparks, NV 89431-5557
Phone 775-353-3613


Thank you,
Katia Louise

Lifetime Equine Refuge
Wild for Life Foundation
http://www.lifetimeequinerefuge.org/home.html
http://lifetimeequinerefuge.blogspot.com/
Saving America's Horses
http://www.savingamericashorses.org/home.html