Dear wonderful friends and Red Bucket Family, Due to your loving generosity, our precious donkeys have safely arrived and have settled in even better than we could have imagined. We were a bit misty-eyed to see Petunia reunited with her mother…and yes, they definitely remembered one another. Petunia’s baby sister Miss Beaslie is still nursing, and is getting to … Read More
We Need Your Help!
We are in the middle of a donkey rescue. Several of our family members (Windy’s daughter, Petunia’s mother, Buffy’s cousin and Auntie to most of our donkeys) have been rounded up and are at the BLM holding facility. Two of the older donkeys are especially high risk, as they will be placed in the $25 pen. One of the Jennies … Read More
Cronin in her “big girl stall”
Our previously slaughter-bound fillies, Cronin and Keely, have just graduated to the “big girl stall”. Keely, our orphan, is just finishing her last bit of formula and Cronin (pictured) has celebrated her successful weaning from her lovely mother Leonie. They both have completed the first level of Red Bucket Charm Farm and nicely pick up their feet, lead like little … Read More
Beloved Jack
Jack was the last of the “Malibu 5”; five geriatric and crippled horses who had been abandoned without food when a children’s camp moved, taking the “good horses” with them. We have had the privilege of caring for them, loving them…and the necessary accompanying pain of saying good-bye. At Red Bucket, we know that rescue is only the beginning…and we … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue Proudly Presents: Greer and Grammer
We continue to be puzzled and heartbroken by the tremendous number of innocent, beautiful and amazing equines that find themselves tragic victims of the slaughter industry. Our two beautifully matched mules…full brother and sister…were fortunate to be rescued directly from the imminent shipment to a Mexican Slaughter Plant. Greer and Grammer (lovingly named after our beautiful and talented friend and … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 306- Charlie
He had been perfectly fine 7 months ago…but his owner had abandoned him…and the property owner did not want to feed him, and so he didn’t, at least not much. We were reassured that he was a good horse when he wasn’t so skinny…..and of course, he was a stud. The property owner called us in a state of panic. … Read More
Adoption Update: Striker
22 starving stallions stood nose-to-tail, tail-to-nose. Many of them were injured, all of them were slowly dying. There was not so much as a speck of hay, the small amount of water was squalid, the atmosphere was heavy with desperation and suffering. They allowed us to load them without much argument, just wobbly knees and a weak indifference as they … Read More
Emma’s Chance thank you
Tyler Konney, the Producer of Emma’s Chance, pulled a rabbit out of his hat Saturday evening during the 3rd annual Ruby Red Gala, or perhaps it was just magic….but it was definitely no illusion. With a full crowd and fellow Producer Barbara Greaves, Director/Writer Anna Elizabeth James, Camera Man (or Marvel) Michael Korbel, and the dazzling star power of the … Read More
Good Bye Callum
Today we said good-bye to Callum, but we as a community adopted him first….a commitment, a contract, an adoption fee…it was real, and he deserved to be chosen, because he was real, and he mattered to us. He had clearly been abused every day of his life. He came to us with a broken knee, fresh saddle sores, and the … Read More
Callum Update
Callum had been abused every day of his life. He came to us malnourished, broken and desperate, in tremendous pain…and just in the nick of time. He became a bit defensive about both his stall and his hay, as he had been accustomed to a lack of safety and security and too little food. We embraced him, respected his boundaries … Read More