Isabella in September of 2012. When the Animal Control Officer found them she cried. She cried again when she learned that Red Bucket took them, saved them, and that they had survived.They had been starved beyond what most people can even fathom. Gaunt, skeletal and helpless…they came to us with a body condition score of one. Even in … Read More
Isabella
Isabella has clearly demonstrated what proper care, TLC, and an abundance of love can achieve. Even though Isabella was starved nearly to death, she has demonstrated grace, gratitude and selflessness. What is perhaps most remarkable, is how she shares her food with Jess. They always share, eating head to head off of the same pile of hay, even when we … Read More
Jess and Isabella Update
Many of our friends expressed shock, outrage….complete indignation when we posted photos of Jess and Isabella last September. We all experienced a visceral pain when we looked at their starvation wracked bodies, hollow eyes and hide stretched taught over their fragile frames. What was perhaps most unforgivable, was that they had been intentionally starved. When Riverside Animal Control asked for … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 117- Isabella
We wanted her to have a beautiful name to grow into. Her starvation, abuse and neglect is evidenced by bones so close to piercing through her skin that it has the effect of fingers on a chalk board. When we removed the oversized temporary fly mask provided by Animal Control and saw her hungry, pleading, and suffering eyes we were … Read More