The Equine Protection Fund, a partnership between Animal Protection of New Mexico, the New Mexico Community Foundation and volunteer horsemen and women from across the state, is now in its second year of providing solutions to equine suffering in New Mexico. Under the Fund’s successful Emergency Feed Assistance program, 70 equines (horses, donkeys, and mules) among 27 families have been fed since the program’s launch in May 2010.
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Above: Feed Assistance clients Leather & Doozie, February 2011. Below: This gelding, one of two abandoned with a kind-hearted but low-income family, was aided by individuals through the Fund’s Volunteer Network.
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With a bit of support for families in temporary financial crises, every equine’s right to a “forever home” is renewed. To learn more about Emergency Feed Assistance, listen to the Fund’s new radio PSAs:
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The Equine Protection Fund is proud to offer and expansion of assistance
programs, each seeking to address the problem of unwanted horses from a fresh angle. A series of low-cost gelding clinics will be offered around New Mexico in the near future (stay tuned for additional info). The pilot program Racing to Home, an unprecedented initiative for rehoming and retraining off-the-track racehorses, is set to launch in Summer 2011. Lastly, the Trail’s End program, now available, subsidizes some veterinary fees and disposal costs for humane euthanasia of suffering horses and other equines. For more information on any of these programs, please
contact the Fund Coordinator.
Finally, the Fund’s Volunteer Network—individuals offering a variety of means to assist needy equines—witnessed a remarkable display of generosity and compassion during the cold snap in early February.
Two geldings, nameless and believed to be ex-racehorses, were abandoned on a low-income Northern New Mexico family that had been boarding them. One horse was suffering from painful laminitis and the other was severely underweight. The family, unable to provide for these horses even with the help of a dedicated neighbor, reached out to the Fund for help. After the Fund Coordinator alerted the Volunteer Network, two individuals came forward to offer feed, veterinary drugs, and blankets.
Ultimately, the emaciated horse had to be euthanized to prevent further suffering, administered by an Albuquerque veterinarian free of charge. The other has a happier ending in store—not only is he recovering from the pain in his legs but he is being provided a new home by one of the volunteers.
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Please donate to the Equine Protection Fund. 97.5% of all funds go straight to equine assistance programs. |
With advanced networking and quick response, we can provide more hopeful stories like this one. Please consider joining the Fund’s Volunteer Network—there are many ways to help and anyone can get involved. Be part of the groundswell of compassion and dedication to New Mexico’s equines!
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