The “Good Guy” had called us clearly panicked. He had been trying for 4 days to get Animal Control and the Police to investigate and help 3 starving horses that were trapped… in the riverbed, they were without water and were clearly suffering in the stifling heat. Within moments of the call coming in, we hitched up our trailer, and … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #186-Liberty
She had been gathered, and because she was over ten years of age, they didn’t count her….and she went into a ten dollar pen. Her name is Windy, and she is perhaps the gentlest, and kindest soul that w…e ever encountered. She became “nana” to our other wild donkeys, calming them with her friendly and gentle nature… and teaching them … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 182- Foster
The “It Takes A Village” adage certainly applies in the world of Equine Welfare. Foster, Durham, and Reynolds, our 3 stunning BLM Mustangs are being transported to a beautiful quarantine in Temecula this afternoon. Only a little over a week ago, they had been priced to sell to a prominent “kill buyer” for their meat. When we posted their plight … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue#181 Reynolds
This morning our three beautiful BLM Mustangs are safely laid over awaiting transportation to quarantine. They are all proving to be stunning, sweet…and as so many rescues are…they are grateful. We …are grateful too. We are grateful for these horses that we serve. We are grateful for the indescribable partnership that they provide. We are grateful to those who support … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 180- Durham
He is stunning, well muscled with fabulous conformation, clean legs (yup, he’s sound), friendly and trained too,…..heck, his coat even gleams. When we first posted his picture, some of the Red Riding Hoods called him “eye candy”, perhaps we should say “eye opener”. He opened our eyes, to him and his two other buddies who we will have the privilege … Read More
3 Horses Rescued from a Wash
3 horses…babies really, 2 very young mares and a long yearling. The signs of abuse were there, the scarring that we have seen too often and …..rope burns. They had been abandoned in the riverbed and, taken “hostage”, if you will by the homeless that inhabit the wash. There was no food, and more alarming due to the heat, no … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue Lola # 178 and Tiny Rescue #179
We have used too many words this week to try to explain the unexplainable. Perhaps we will allow the visual of our young mother Lola, and her very wee colt Ranger to stand on its own merit. Only a few days prior, they stood condemned to die in a most degrading and inhumane way. Yet those who will not tolerate … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #177- Tasha
She is a baby, just somewhere between 9 and 10 months. She is stunning, a pretty little black filly with an elegant stride and a delicate face. Basically she is flawless, innocent, beautiful, and sweet. And UNWANTED. One of the many unwanted horses who are shipped to slaughter every week, 110,000 thousand horses a year. Fortunately for little Tasha, we … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue #176- Mercy
There are so many things that leave us scratching our heads, struggling to comprehend the illogical…the immoral. How so many healthy, sound, trained and in their prime horses are run through auctions where they are sold to the highest bidder by the pound. While our actions this week have the appearance of being tactical, our long term goal and many … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 175- Cindy Lee
They said that she is a buckskin, she looks like a bay to us…while we aren’t quite sure, as we haven’t done her intake yet… we haven’t even seen her in person. We do know that she has been separated from her mother, and there is no way that that is good news as she is at a livestock auction … Read More