Hands and Hooves helped out several times in Boone County in years past.
Article below is from: http://patch.com/illinois/algonquin/75-abandoned-quarter-horses-need-new-homes-winter#.VDIJDY10zIU
The American Quarter Horses have been living at a facility that has insufficient space and did not provide adequate shelter.
By Amie Schaenzer | Patch Editor (Patch Staff)Updated October 3, 2014 at 7:54 am
Photo Credit: Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society website
Seventy-five recently abandoned American Quarter Horses are in need of new homes.
The horses’ owner lead in breeding American Quarter Horses and won several national champion halter titles at shows across the country. The owner became unable to care for the horses after falling on difficult times following the deaths of her husband, daughter and then the loss of her family farm in Harvard in 2012, said Donna Ewing, founder and president of Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society (HARPS) in Barrington.
Now, HARPS and Hands & Hooves are teaming up to help find new homes for the 75 abandoned horses before winter.
The horses have lived for the past two years at a leased equine facility in Hampshire that didn’t have sufficient space. Thirty of the horses were confined to stalls while the rest were left outside in four small paddocks that did not have adequate shelter, excess manure and very limited human handling, Ewing said.
“We have less than a month to get 75 of these horses off the leased property and into permanent homes. We are pleading with the horse community to come and adopt these animals and give them a new beginning in life,” Ewing said. “In addition to daily feeding, cleaning and turn-out, the horses need veterinary care and farrier work.”
Ewing estimates those costs to care for these horses will exceed $30,000. The registered Quarter Horses are halter broke and range in age from 6 to 27 years.
Anyone interested in donating to the Hampshire Quarter Horse Rescue Fund or adopting one of the horses, can contact HARPS at (847) 382-0503, P.O. Box 94, Barrington, Illinois 60011-0094 or visit the HARPS website.
- To fill out an adoption application, visit this link.
- To donate directly to the Hampshire herd, click here.
You can view more photos of the horses and learn more about how to donate on the HARPS website
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