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must tell you with great urgency that your assistance is once again

needed to ensure that the Illinois ban on horse slaughter remains in

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Hopeful is a grade dun mare approximately 10 years old. Hopeful was discovered abandoned with two other

mares, and were emaciated. She is friendly and likes attantion. She's had kids on her back and

did fine when being led by an adult and she doesn't mind having an

adult sit on her back, but she's not broke to ride and did not know how

to move out with someone on her back. She's ready for someone willing

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Check him out on our group page!
http://www.barnmice.com/group/specialhorses

We have a flyer available - please feel free to post it on other forums, or e mail to those you think might be interested.



When Beau was taken to Sunkissed Acres Rescue and Retirement, he was less than a one on the Henneke scale. He was four years old, and so starving, and so weak, he ate gravel if you did not hold up hay to him. Please help us identify who was responsible for Beau's deplorable condition, so that he did not suffer in vain.…







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In 50 years, Lori from Sunkissed Acres has never seen a more thin horse. Three shoes, not terribly old. Feet trimmed certainly within the last few months. Eye removal, professionally done. Wearing a rope halter, still clean. This horse had clearly been abandoned in the bush. The vet and Lori decided that this poor, young horse was hemmed up in someone's pen or field, probably a small pasture with no water or grass - even more devastating considering the recent bitter cold in that part of… Continue

We need your "jingles" - your positive thoughts and well wishes - for Radar.



Donations can be made by visiting www.tierrescue.org/IndividualDonations.htm



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Sunday afternoon Gail from TIER noticed Radar was uncomfortable. He would eat a mouthful of hay, walk off, stand for a minute and then start walking his enclosure. She took his temperature, which was normal,… Continue

Donations can be made by visiting www.sunkissedacres.com



According to the department of agriculture, this horse simply walked out of the bush onto the highway, and they asked asked Sunkissed to take him on. The vet aged this horse between four and five years of age. He has three shoes - possibly from last year. An old injury, but not lame. He is missing an eye.



He is the skinniest horse Sunkissed has had to date. They are… Continue

Sadly, one of Uncle Jimmy’s horses was grinched in the Chronicle of the Horse Forums Horse Treat Secret Santa. We volunteered to be a degrincher, and was assigned Uncle Jimmy. But what Uncle Jimmy had planned to do – since, after all, his horses are hardly lacking for treats! – was donate whatever was sent to him to a less fortunate horse – one at an equine rescue. And, knowing that the needs of rescue horses may be unique, he offered instead to donate a very generous check to one of the… Continue

Special Horses Inc. is a 501(c)3 pending non-profit organization that facilitates fundraising efforts for, and promotes awareness of, 501(c)3 equine organizations. These organizations directly rescue, foster, rehabilitate, or rehome equines in need, or are equine assisted therapy, hippotherapy or therapeutic riding facilities.



In 2009, we sponsored four fundraising events launched via our website (www.specialhorses.org) and the Chronicle of… Continue

After the heady success of what was to be our first fundraiser, Colleen and I agreed that we wanted to keep it going - and so, Special Horses was "born." We kept the site, and began designing our next fundraiser. We decided it should coincide with Rolex and the Kentucky Derby (so, just about a year ago), with the tag line, "They are all Winners." The hook - we would open up the site to entries, for a $10 donation, payable directly to one of four participating groups (True Innocents Equine…

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