Zing, CL Mare Arrives At Angel Acres

Sadly...Zing has lost hers, maybe you can help her find it! On Monday, we shared a Craiglist ad for a mare that needed a home (someone sent it to me, I called owner to make sure she would like it shared, etc), the mare was in very poor shape but apparently this was an improvement over how the owner received her 2 months prior. Photo above left is Zing tied up in front yard of home in CL ad (hauler picked her up today 9-29-12 -she was loose standing in front yard - there is NO fencing ) with what appears to be a dog chain / some sort of wire. Photo on above right is her about 2 hours after arrival at Angel Acres she appears to have lost weight since CL pic was taken.   Photo above left is her in her old home - sometime in past month. Photo above right - me talking quietly to her as she eats her first meal at Angel Acres. We are very familiar with refeeding syndrome and will make sure she is brought back to a good weight slowly. She is approximately 250 - 300 lbs underweight. To make a SUPER long story short, I noticed the CL ad gone a few hours after I shared it and called owner back thinking she had found a home for the mare. I was saddened to learn that shortly after sharing her ad on our FB page she was flooded with nasty emails & calls. In fear for her safety (some of the emails were threatening) she removed the ad. Since I posted the ad to our Facebook Page I now felt responsible for her & decided to bring her into the rescue. What we have learned since she arrived - I am sure there will be more but this is what we know now: She is a 21 year old Appendix (AQHA & Thorougbred cross)...supposed to have had all shots, teeth, etc done...totally NOT the case...she will need to be brought up to date on everything. She is in very poor health, arthritic in the hind, cannot lift feet for farrier & completely blind in right eye. Owner we purchased her from was SEVERELY misled about her and probably should never have purchased her at all. She is SUPER sweet and kind & we hope we can rehab her and she can live whatever time she has left out with diginty and love. If you would like to help sponsor Zing or make a one time donation to her care please visit our donation page at this link Network For Good - or click button below - this mare needs all the help we can give her. Thanks so much for being a part of the gang! Jo Deibel Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. PO Box 62 Glenville, PA 17329

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Angel Acres Causes.com Members hits 76,000!

It's been a crazy, super busy summer so am WAY behind on blog posts and updates...but from here on out...we will be posting at least weekly!

Have you joined our cause, Stop Slaughtering Horses in the USA, on causes.com

SUPER big thanks to the folks at Causes.com for cartooning me & featuring our cause & Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue this month!

We SO appreciate the wonderful folks over there helping us connect with the animal loving community!

We've surpassed 75,000 members in our cause and are heading towards 80,000.

Have you joined our cause yet?

This months goal is for 5,000 folks to take the pledge to spread the word about horse slaughter.

Join today and TAKE THE PLEDGE!

Thanks SO much for being a part of our gang!

Jo :o)

Angel Acres is a Featured Charity on eBay July 16 - July 22!

Angel Acres Exciting News Update! Looking for another way to celebrate and support pets and wildlife organizations this summer? You can support organizations like ours by buying, selling or simply donating to them on eBay now through July 31st. We’re partnering with eBay’s charity fundraising program, eBay Giving Works during its Pets and Wildlife campaign. It was organized to bring awareness and raise funds for nonprofits providing services and support to pet and wildlife related organizations. Angel Acres is super excited to be featured in Give At Checkout during the week of July 16 - July 22, 2012! Here’s how you can participate and support us: BUY: Go to this page and buy items that have designated 10-100% of the sale price to Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. You can also buy anything on eBay.com and donate any amount to Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. when you check out. SAVE Angel Acres YOUR FAVORITE: It's SUPER EASY! Go to our eBay page click the “Save as Favorite” button. Now you’ll be prompted to donate to us every time you buy or sell something on eBay. Don't worry, you can have lot's of favorite charities! SELL: Got some items lying around your house that you don’t know what to do with? Make some extra money by selling them on eBay and donating 10-100% of the proceeds to us. eBay will give you a discount on your listing fees. Start here to learn how to sell through eBay Giving Works! DONATE: Remember when you saved us as your favorite? You can go to the same page and click on the “Donate Now” tab to make an immediate donation to Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. using PayPal. No buying or selling required. We’re so thankful for your contributions, no matter how big or small. And remember, we're on eBay year round, so you can buy, sell or donate anytime to support our work. Thanks so much for being a part of the gang! Jo Deibel Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. PO Box 62 Glenville, PA 17329

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Angel Acres Erects Calgary Anti Horse Slaughter Billboard

Media Alert: Media Contact: Fran Burns

July 6, 2012 fran@boxwoodfarm.com

410 340 7676

Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue

Anti Horse Slaughter Billboards

Glenville, PA - Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue (www.saveahorsenow.org) is pleased to announce that the newest billboard in their campaign to educate the general public about horse slaughter has gone up in Calgary, Canada, home of the Calgary Stampede. Horses that are not suitable as "bucking stock" for the stampede are sent to slaughter cites a May 2012 article by the Vancouver Humane Society http://www.vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/calgary-stampede-sends-young-horses-to-slaughter/

The billboard guides the reader to its companion website www.stopslaughteringus.ca which provides up to date factual information regarding horse slaughter and what residents of Canada can do to help end slaughter in their country.

According to the USDA, exactly 133,241 U.S. horses were sent to slaughter last year. These horses are transported to Mexico and Canada in double decker trailers for slaughter and the meat is shipped to Europe for human consumption. Angel Acres’ grassroots campaign is funded strictly by horse advocates donating to the billboard campaign. The educational campaign is separate from the rescue activities.

Charlotte Uhrich, board sponsor said, "We are pleased to put this Anti Horse Slaughter Billboard up in support of NDP MP Alex Atamanenko and his Bill C-322, a Bill to end horse slaughter in Canada. Horse slaughter is inhumane and barbaric, we do not slaughter and eat our companion animals in Canada. The closet door has been opened to Canada's dirty little secret and it is time to end this evil practice." 

Acres Horse Haven Rescue is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit rescue located in Glenville, PA dedicated to saving horses bound for slaughter for human consumption. Learn more about Angel Acres by visiting www.angelacres.net. Learn more about horse slaughter stats by visiting http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/uploads/00-Slaughter_Statistics.pdf

To view the locations of other billboards please go to http://www.stopslaughteringus.com/how-you-can-help/billboards/billboard-locationssee-where-our-billboards-are.html. Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue is accredited by GFAS. (Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries)

Pimlico Racetrack Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show Benefits Horse Rescues!

Media Alert:                                                                                    Media Contact: Fran Burns

June 29, 2012                                                                                   fran@boxwoodfarm.com 

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Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue

 Named one of beneficiaries of Pimlico Racetrack Horse Show

Glenville, PA - Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue (www.saveahorsenow.org) is honored to announce they have been selected as one of the beneficiaries of the Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show at Pimlico Racetrack, Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday July 14, 2012.

The horse show is the brainchild of Georganne Hale, Maryland Jockey Club Racing Secretary and Stacie Clark-Rogers, manager of Adena Springs Retirement program in Canada.

There will be eight different classes held in the infield of the racetrack during the day with six ribbons awarded for each class and more than $4000 in prize money. HTRV will streamline the horse show live from Pimlico.

Classes include: “Old Hilltop Leadline, “MJC” Walk, “MHBA” Walk Trot, “The Jockey Club” Walk/Trot/Canter, “HRTV” Trot over Fences, “MTHA” Trot over Fences, “Adena Springs” Trot over Fences and the “Pimlico Perpetual Trophy”. Vendor tents will be set up in the infield and spectators are welcome.

Jo Deibel, Founder and Director of Angel Acres, said, “Angel Acres is super happy that the Md. Jockey Club and Adena Springs Retirement Farm put this show together as it helps to raise awareness about all of the outstanding Thoroughbreds that are available and are looking for second careers at rescues around the nation.”

The money from the horse show entries will be divided among 3 horse rescue charities that have helped the track find homes for horses that raced in Maryland. In addition to Angel Acres they include, MidAtlantic Horse Rescue and Thoroughbred Placement Rescources. Both Angel Acres and MidAtlantic Horse Rescue are accredited by GFAS. (Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries)

Acres Horse Haven Rescue is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit rescue located in Glenville, PA dedicated to saving horses bound for slaughter for human consumption.

                                                                 

Urgent Need for 44 Year Old & 10 YO Blind Mare

Happy Tuesdday! June 10, 2012 - Glenville, PA: 2 Mares Still in Need! 3 months ago we were asked to help with 2 horses in need - they had been abandoned with a farm owner who was taking care of them - who went WAY above and beyond the call of duty for these two girls - their original story is HERE. These girls are in need of a home or permanent sanctuary and sponsorship...please read on and see if you might be able to help us help them.. JJ with Dr. Wells - she was a good girl! Angel Acres has covered their vet care, Coggins, vaccines, dental work & farrier care via Mattie's Legacy Fund but we need more sponsors to help with their daily board cost. Click here to make a donation to their care. Hershey being seen by Dr. Wells! Hershey was such a good girl for Dr. Wells! She is 44 years old and is up-to-date on all shots, teeth, feet, etc and is NOT anywhere near ready to call it quits! Can you help us help her? PLEASE CLICK HERE TO HELP HERSHEY! These 2 Girls REALLY NEED a HOME! We are working hard to find them a forever home, together. Sadly, we have not found anyone who can take them and are looking for sponsors to help with their care until we can find them permanent sanctuary. Interested In Sponsoring? Sadly, they've been turned down by 2 sanctuaries so far & we really want to find them a permanent place to live out their lives. The care they are getting now is excellent, but they do not have someone to call their own. Each girl has a few sponsors, but nowhere near the $480 (that is exactly what the feed, hay and supplements cost the farm owner) needed each month - $240 per horse. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN! Horses Available For Sponsorship Are HERE!. Thank you for being a part of the Angel Acres gang! Wishing you a fabulous week ahead, Jo Deibel Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. PO Box 62, Glenville, PA 17329              Click here to view Privacy Policy.    Click here to unsubscribe.

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THIS is the mindset we are up against...sigh...

Below is my unedited response to an individual who wonders why I don't want horses to be slaughtered. I swear, I could not make up the stuff I get in my emails...from the naive to the nasty pro slaughter folks. I don't know where this one falls - but thought I would share just a sampling of what I get, daily.  


Emailers question is at very bottom, my response is immediately below...we are ANTI horse slaughter.


Hi,

If they (as in the folks who slaughter horses) were "putting them down" humanely, I would have a paying job. 

Horse slaughter is not, at any point in the process from auction to killing floor, humane. The captive bolt is NOT humane for horses. 

Mares, pregnant mares, foals, stallions, etc all being crammed on double decker trucks made for much shorter cattle and the being beaten, screamed at, electrocuted, etc  to get off the truck is NOT humane. Horses hanging upside by one leg with their throats slit still being able to reach out and kick their killer is NOT humane.  Mares having their foals literally ripped out of the stomachs and live foals being tossed in the trash is not humane.

(all mentioned above are documented via video taped events at horse slaughter plants and those are just a few of the thousands of documents abuses taking place at slaughter plants)

Skinny, starved, abused etc horses usually do NOT go to slaughter. The kill buyers get paid for horses in good weight and usually do not buy old, starved horses or sick horses. 

And if they are ill - and usually they are not - who is going to want to eat them? You do know that humans are eating horse meat? Horse meat tainted with cancer causing drugs - would you (if you ate meat) eat a sick cow - or if you don't eat meat would you eat an obviously rotten apple or orange.

There isn't a horse on the planet that deserves to be slaughtered.

Trust me, I work NON STOP from the minute I wake up till, well let's see it's Sunday at nearly 9pm and I am still working, I go to bed, if it were humane I wouldn't be writing this email and I would have a normal life without the horrors I have to see, almost daily.

Jo

Jo Deibel
President/Director
Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc
www.saveahorsenow.org
PO Box 62
Glenville, PA 17329
Phone: 717-965-7901
Fax: 866-892-5069

-----Original Message-----
From:
To: jodeibel <jodeibel@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, May 20, 2012 8:16 pm
Subject: Re: Salem, Oregon gets Angel Acres Anti Horse Slaughter Billboard!

Dear Jo,
    One question. I want to know something. Why do you not want them to be slaughtered? I know it's bad but.... would you rather put them down or watch them suffer? One more question are they getting slaughtered for no reason or because they are ill. If its for no reason thats wrong. But if there ill they should be because they'll be in more and longer pain if their ill.