Takeout, I have no information on this rescue, but it is important to know when donating to one if they are pro-slaughter or pro-euthanization.
What I WILL say is that most people have no idea just how bad off some of the off-track TBs are who arrive at these places, coming in from other places.
Here's how they often arrive:
Can't even stand up! They are already in advanced stages of starvation, and have ulcers and you can't just start feeding them heavily.
I've worked at rescues, and you see animals that have been there for months, and people willl look at the animal and see ribs showing........and think you're not caring for them........they have
no idea what the animal looked like BEFFORE, which was much worse.....eyes that are dripping with infection, wounds, severe digestive disease, lameness, intestinal parasites, etc. As a matter of fact, some of them are so traumatized, they won't even eat or drink.
It can often take months and even years to get an animal back to even looking close to normal. Sometimes, they have to be euthanized because you just can't fix them.
At any rate, I'm sure there are some negligent resuces. This may be one of them. There are also some that get in over their heads, it's tremendously expensive, they rely on donations in an economic downturn that fail to materialize, etc.
My understanding is that back in the 80s when they were founded, this rescue won awards and had the best vets etc. working there, and lots of neat community events. SOMETHING HAPPENED since then, that is for sure, if this report is true.
One of the things I read is that they exist totally on donations and volunteers. They used to have 400 volunteers from the local woman's prison on work release, but there was some bru ha hah about "inmates" were loose, etc. some political stuff. So that whole program was suspended. Not sure how many donations and volunteers you need to care for 100 horses......probably a lot, and it probably stopped materializing.
A lot of sensationalized PETA stuff also will show photos of dead animals at a rescue.......but the animals have only just arrived and died within 48 hours or something. At any rate, who knows.
I just think most people would be traumatized if they saw the state of animals, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, etc. that enter rescues. It will give you nightmares for life if you let it.
