HOPE
“MY BEAUTY”
THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL HOPE, WHOM I DISCOVERED IN A KILL PEN IN LOUISIANNA. HOPE WAS ON THE SHIP LIST TO SHIP FOR SLAUGHTER THAT DAY WHEN I FOUND HER ON THE BASTOP KILL PEN PAGE ON FACEBOOK. MY HEART SANK, I COULDN’T BELIEVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BABY, AND JUST 17 MONTHS OLD, WAS BEING SENT TO SLAUGHTER, A HORRIFIC DEATH, FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
I SEEN SOMETHING SPECIAL IN HER, AND I TOOK THAT CHANCE AND I WAS RIGHT.
I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED MY FRIEND, AND CO-PARTNER IN HORSE RESCUE, HEATHER FREEMAN OF HERD RESCUE, TO HELP ME SAVE THIS PRECIOUS FILLY. I NEEDED HELP; I WASN’T ABLE TO AFFORD ALL THE COST AT ONCE AT THAT TIME. HEATHER GOT THE FUNDRAISER UP AND RUNNING, AND COORDINATED THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET HOPE SAFELY TO NORTH CAROLINA INTO HERD RESCUE TO BE QUARANTINED AND EVALUATED BY A VET FOR ANY SICKNESS AND A POSSIBLE EYE INFECTION . HERD RESCUE GAVE ME TIME TO PAY THEM BACK FOR ALL EXPENSES ON HOPE BEFORE I RECEIVED HOPE HERE IN OHIO.
HEATHER HELPED ME GET HOPE INTO THE GENTLE HANDS OF RICK MILWEARD. I SO ADMIRE RICK AND HIS NATURAL SKILLS THAT HELPED HOPE REGAIN HER TRUST OF HUMANS AGAIN. SHE HAD GONE FROM LOVE AND SECURITY TO PURE HELL AT THE KILL PEN. RICK KNOWS HOW MUCH I LOVE HOPE AND JUST HOW SPECIAL SHE IS, AND HOW SPECIAL SHE IS TO ME. RICK TOLD ME HE WAS TRULY IMPRESSED AND AMAZED WITH HOPE, THAT SHE IS ONE SPECIAL GIRL AND SO BRAVE.
KILL PEN HORSES SHOULD NOT BE DISREGARGED. THERE ARE QUALITY HORSES IN THESE PENS THAT ARE GOING TO SLAUGHTER. HOPE STILL HAD HER BREEDERS CERTIFICATE WITH HER FROM THE AUCTION THAT THE KILL BUYER BOUGHT HER FROM, AND THE KILL PEN SENT IT ALONG WITH HER. I CHECKED WITH THE BREEDER AND SHE IDENTIFIED HOPE AS THE FILLY ON THOSE PAPERS. HOPE’S BREEDING GOES BACK TO TOP DECK/MAN O’WAR/DOCS SUG/DOC BAR/THREE BARS/ LEO/KING/POCO BUENO.
HERD RESCUES PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTATOR, STUART EVANS, AND HEATHER FREEMAN, ARE REMARKABLE. THEIR KINDNESS, GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TO SAVING THESE HORSES FACING SLAUGHTER, AND GIVING THEM ALL THE LOVE AND QUALTILY CARE THESE ANIMALS SO DESPERATELY NEED AND DESERVE IS SO HEART WARMING AND ADMIRABLE.
I CAN’T THANK HEATHER ENOUGH, I’M IN TEARS AS I WRITE THIS. I LOVE MY LITTLE BEAUTY SO MUCH. SHE IS MY PARTNER FOR LIFE AND I HAVE HEATHER AND STUART AND ALL THE HERD MEMBERS AND DONORS TO THANK FOR HELPING ME BRING HOPE HOME TO HER FOREVER HOME.
