Back in the Saddle Project
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 5:03PM Back In The Saddle Project "BITS" has been offering low cost clinics and helping horses and horse owners for two years. We have helped over 100 horse owners however in the past two years donations and clinic fees have not covered the costs.
These horses are a prime example of why we want to bring awareness to over breeding and offer the low cost gelding clinics.
The mothers and foals were 2 out of 4 that were on the way to slaughter. A feedlot is no place for a foal, ever, so we offered to rehab them until homes could be found. Shipwrecked Farms will be taking one of the pairs .
I don't know who bred these horses but their hooves don't look like they have ever been touched. Their tails are a solid mass of matted hair which gives them a good thump just from trying to swat a fly. The feedlot said the larger mare leads but she will not let anyone touch her yet. She has a large scar that appears to have been left on its own to heal. The younger mother is only a 3 year old filly herself, meaning she was bred at 2 years old. Her filly was a week old when it was sold for slaughter. A feedlot is a rough place for a big horse and this filly shows she has been pretty beat up. She has missing patches of hair and scrapes all over her face , body and all four legs are bald from the hoof to the pastern. Her mother was so stressed at the feedlot that she was refusing to nurse her. The cruelty to an innocent animal and her newborn is beyond fathom. Posted by BITS TEAM.
The part we don't have time or volunteers for is fund-raising, not to mention everyone dreads sending these emails but we have no choice this time..
We hope you have appreciated the clinics and would like to utilize them in the future, understand the need or let other horses and owners benefit from the services.
Every dollar donated is spent directly to put on clinics and cover the costs of outside facility fees, vet fees and insurance. Although we are not focusing on rescue , we do take in and rehab horses that just could not be left where they were. We also provide hay help for owners in temporary crisis and educational pamphlets to Animal Control agencies. As you can imagine it is expensive to keep going.
The truth is we can't keep going without your help.
We have to raise $720 immediately to cover the costs of the horses in foster and rehab, including two mares with young foals headed to slaughter that were saved by a group with no plan on where to send them, two horses from a rescue that could no longer afford proper care and a pony that is still undergoing treatment for burns
We also need funding to get the next clinics started , to pay facilities, insurance and upfront costs.
Please consider donating and truthfully any amount will help reach the goal and keep BITS going, no amount is too small.
Paypal donations can be sent to info@backinthesaddleprojectcom
by text - Send the message to 729725 with the amount and phone number 5305137348
If you don't have a paypal account but would like to help send an email. You can always send any donation to
BITS Project
949 Misson Olive Road , Oroville CA 95966
Thank you for being responsible and caring owners and we truly do need everyones help to keep the programs going.
Every donation is considered tax deductible and a receipt will be issued.
Deb Steward
Back In The Saddle Project
530 513 7348
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