by Bonnie Hammond | Feb 22, 2011 | Rescue Stories
We first heard about Whisper from our friend and former adopter Laura Clarke, who is also a police officer with the City of Snohomish. She called to ask for our help in caring for three horses that had been seized from a 27-year old woman who lived within city...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Rescue Stories
Sampson’s dam, Delilah, was rescued from a neglect case after she and three other mares were seized by King County Animal Control. We quickly became aware that this pretty 5 year old draft mare was very pregnant! Not long after, Sampson arrived, to the delight of...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Rescue Stories
Desert Spark, or “Desi” is a 6 year old 16h chestnut Thoroughbred gelding by Desert Rival out of Strip N Get, born in Arizona. He raced and trained at Turf Paradise up until 2005, no winnings on record. He was rescued on September 11, 2006 at a feedlot in Colorado. He...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Redmond, Rescue Stories
Jaime & I went to the Yakima feedlot in Oct 2005 to help CBER evaluate a large group of new horses. Because there were so many horses at the lot, CBER had to focus on the sound, rideable horses that would be the easiest to find home for. There was a chestnut...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jul 25, 2008 | Rescue Stories, Sunny
Sunny was nearly 30 years old when he came to SAFE, a badly neglected Arabian gelding with terrible teeth, an enlarged knee, and a tendency to choke. A diet of extremely wet mush made from beet pulp and senior grain helped him regain some of the weight he lost so that...
