This is an urgent matter and we would appreciate your help. We’ve been hit very hard these past few months with horses that were adopted out years ago but had to come back to us (through no fault of their own). We try hard to match the right horse to the right human in situations where we are assured that the horse(s) will become a permanent family member and have a loving forever home. But, as we’ve experienced over the last year or so, people’s priorities change, illness is real, jobs require relocation and they can’t take the horse(s), the adopter’s interests may have moved on to something new, etc.
Two Arabian mares, Nadia and Venus, were returned by their adopter who had been ill. She could no longer care for these sweet girls so she sent them back to us. Sadly, the adopter passed away last week. She found comfort knowing that Nadia and Venus would be okay.
Recently, we had to reclaim two Arabian geldings, Mo and Derek, that were at high risk due to a breach of contract – it was not a good experience for us, or the horses, but we are grateful that both were located and are now safe here at the rescue. They are both undergoing rehabilitation.
And now – the urgency. There are three horses (Anastasia, Jack, and Velvet) that were adopted out in 2010 that need to be re-homed ASAP and we are simply full. We have no paddocks in which to put these horses and, even if we did, we don’t have the needed manpower or resources to care for them. We have never been in this position before and it is weighing heavily on our hearts and minds. Please help by sharing this email in an effort to find good homes for them. The paint, Jack, has an adoption application pending.
If anyone has questions specific to any of the horses, please contact Ruth at ruth.green@hotmail.com or 352-262-0570. If there are questions about the adoption process, you can learn more about it on the ADOPTABLE HORSES page of our website.
