About three years ago a whole stable of beautiful purebred Arabian horses suddenly found themselves headed to the slaughter house when their breeder decided to liquidate his entire herd. Without exception all the horses were absolutely gorgeous, well-bred, healthy, intelligent, and in some cases even fully trained! Red Bucket stepped in and luckily was in a position to save three … Read More
Shields and Scout Update
Our work has 3 parts: We rescue…abused, starving, and slaughter bound horses….all innocent victims with feelings and fears. We intentionally retrain, lovingly rehabilitate and compassionately restore their shattered trust in humankind…. We re-home the horses when they are truly ready….matching them with loving forever homes dedicated to caring, loving, and protecting these special horses for the rest of their lives. … Read More
Red Bucket Equine Rescue # 51- Shields
All of Nina’s dreams came true when her knight in shining armor emerged from the back of the Red Bucket Trailer Saturday morning. We aren’t sure who was pinching themselves more…..Nina or Shields. Nina was the one with tears in her eyes…we wiped ours away quickly and went back to work ( we have had 9 intakes in less than … Read More
Shields
The late night email from a rescue colleague and dear friend caught us entirely off guard. There were several family horses shipping to slaughter the following day…beautifully bred, trained and lovely animals…sound with gentle temperaments, could we help? We still can’t understand how these horses…family pets could end up in such a horrifying situation. Of course we said we would … Read More