We need donations to help save babies tomorrow morning at 11:30. We can't let the traders and kill buyers get them.
In a few hours, we will be at the Lockhart auction. This is practically in our own backyard, just 30 minutes away. This means we will have NO high transport bill and all donations can be used for bidding.
We really want to help as many of the moms & babies as we can.
We have learned that the owner of the horses has told the auction house to sell the babies separately from their moms.
Two of the babies, a palomino paint foal and a brown foal look like they are less than a month old. We will focus on rescuing these two babies first WITH their mothers.
We know times are tough for everyone, with the high fuel prices affecting not only our fuel tanks, but they have raised the prices on every single thing we buy and do. The Texas drought with 100°+ temperatures has dried up all the grass. Round bales are costing $140 for junk hay. Because of all these awful factors, we will be seeing more babies dumped at Texas auctions like this as less people can afford to feed them. We had stopped rescuing for the past 2 months due to sharply fallen donations and ridiculously high costs of hay and feed. Anyone who knows us, knows we have to step in and help when there are BABIES who need help! We can't look away, we MUST step in to rescue them. No baby should EVER be at an auction or a kill pen. As humans, we simply must do better than this!
Please help us with a donation if you can. Every dollar adds up. We will save as many as donations will allow. Thank you.
This afternoon we went to our local auction in Lockhart to check out a group of horses culled due to the high hay prices and drought here in Texas.
There are numerous momma (much older in age) and baby pairs. The babies are anywhere from days old to a few months old. Some of the babies have diarrhea which is not good with the high temps we are experiencing here.
We would like to help as many pairs as we can to stay out of a trader’s hands as well as out of a kill buyer’s hands. We will save as many pairs as we are able depending on the donations we receive.
All funds will go straight to their rescue. WE WILL NOT NEED FUNDS FOR QUARANTINE OR TRANSPORT since we are only 30 minutes from the auction. Auction prices are very high right now and we expect a minimum of $900 plus a pair. Please horse angels help us to give them a soft landing!! Any amount helps.
**Other rescues please contact us if you are bidding on a pair so we aren’t bidding against each other. Let’s work together to get them out of there and into a safe space to thrive.**
