December 06, 2010

EMERGENCY RESCUE - FUNDS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE 96 FOALS/MARES

Hi Horse Pals ~

We just received this email from another Horse Pal and wanted to help spread the word!  Please let other horse lovers know about this!

Thank you, @raya and @very

EMERGENCY RESCUE - FUNDS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE 96 FOALS/MARES 

96 Mares and Foals being sold to highest bidders in Fallon, Nevada Livestock auction.  Need $100 per horse to save from slaughter.  

Please help right now! 

http://www.wildhorserescue.org/

No time for photos, or descriptions.  

These are Paiute reservation wild horses.  They brought 363 horses to the sale.  We can't save them all - but we can try to save the babies and their moms. 

Please help NOW!  

Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue  

Dec 6, 2010 11:38:16 AM | HORSE PALS CLUB

2 Comments

Linden

Oh....almost forgot....why are they killing the horses??? Will try to spread the news. Have a great day!

Posted by: Linden | January 17, 2011 at 10:27 AM

Linden

I will try my best to tell everyone at the barn. Good Luck!

Posted by: Linden | January 08, 2011 at 08:50 AM

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