February 15, 2009

While visiting my daughter and her family in Surrey B.C. Canada this past Christmas, I met a woman who told us about the successful rescue of two horses trapped in snowdrifts up a mountain in the McBride area of British Columbia. This story was inspiring and the excitement, enthusiasm and passion this woman reflected in telling us this story was very catching. She suggested that I visit the Voice For The Horse web site for more information if I were interested.

When I returned home, I logged on to the Voice for the Horse web site and spent the next several weeks each evening reading and researching on the web. I discovered how passionate and dedicated this woman was about horse welfare issues. and after completing some basic research on the web I contacted Yvonne and asked what I could do to help her in her efforts. She suggested that I make a donation to a local Connecticut horse rescue center so as to take care of the horses that needed assistance in my own area. I went online again and found many rescue centers listed and fortunately for me I knew someone who specializes in the breeding and sale of purebred Lipizzans. I called Susan Castle from Castle-Lipizzans and asked Susan for a recommendation for a well-run and managed horse rescue center. Susan gave me the name of Patty Wahler, president of H.O.R.S.E. of Connecticut; a horse rescue center located in the Connecticut hills in Washington, CT.

This week I made a donation to H.O.R.S.E. Connecticut on behalf of Voice for the Horse. In tough economic times it appears that horse rescue centers have even a greater need for our support and I discovered that every donation regardless of amount, is greatly appreciated by the many people and volunteers that operate horse rescue centers. Advocates like Yvonne make us aware of these unpublisized issues of horses at risk that are for the most part still quite servicable in many cases or in need of only some rehabilitation, not forgetting to mention pmu mares and foals who seemingly are only by-products of a man made industry. Together these people are the real unsung heroes for horses at risk and today especially, these rescue centers need our help more than ever.

L. S.
West Hartford,
Connecticut, U.S.A