Provide Quality Care for Rescued Horses in Texas

In early April, Easy R Equine Rescue got a call from the animal control Deputy at the Sheriff's Department.  The Deputy informed us that two horses were tied with a rope to a post in a yard in East Lubbock, with no access to food or water.  The older horse was extremely malnourished and thin with all ribs showing and hips jutting out. Upon further investigation by the Deputies, they learned that the owner was in jail and no one was caring for the horses.  We knew the next question--"Can Easy R Equine Rescue take these two horses when we seize them?" 

Honestly, when the caller ID on our phone showed the call was from the Sheriff's Department, there was some dread. We had already taken two from the local department and one from a nearby county sheriff's department since February.  We were already over our financial limit with the horses we had at the time.  But, the Deputy texted us pictures.  Pictures of an older gelding that was literally just a skeleton with skin and thick, shaggy, dull hair and a yearling filly that had rope burns on her neck, face, and legs and a poorly healed scar on her backend.  How do you say no? Saying no would mean only one option for these two neglected horses.  They would go to the sale barn and surely would be bought for a few hundred dollars by the killbuyer.  

Of course, we said yes.  And called on a faithful foster home that has cared for several of our horses in prior months. Of course, they said yes.  Their hearts are generous and they feel called to help rehabilitate some of the horses in the poorest conditions.  

In particular, Ace's transformation in just 8 weeks has been nothing short of amazing.  Pictures attached to this report show the emaciated, malnourished, unhealthy senior horse on day one and then the sleek, 200 pound heavier, beautiful black gelding that he is now.  He still needs to gain more weight, but he is well on his way to recovery.  But his recovery is expensive.  He is around 25 years old, and that alone requires a more expensive senior feed and a greater amount of it.  Because his back teeth are so ground down, he cannot eat alfalfa or coastal hay and has to be fed a diet of alfalfa cubes or pellets and a complete feed--again, more expensive.  The equine dentist took of the sharp edges off his teeth which had been causing ulcers in his inside cheeks.  It was obvious that his teeth had not been tended to in years.  

And through all of this, Ace has been the most gentle, kind-hearted, good-natured horse we may have ever received into Easy R.  His foster family is in love with him and treat him like royalty.  There would be no other way that we would want him treated.  He has obviously been through alot in his 25 years and he deserves the easy life now.  We mention the expenses of rehabbing a horse like Ace, because without donations from local folks and people across the globe who give to our project through Global Giving, we would have been forced to say no to the call.  But we could say yes.  Because of you.  Thank you for being a part of Ace's successful road to health and restoration.  

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