Freedom Ride for the first 3 of 5 Rescued Belgian Draft Horses #drafthorse #horse #short #shorts

Freedom ride! If you missed our last video, we rescued 5 Belgian Draft Horses from shipping to slaughter from Bowie Texas Livestock! WE picked up the first three (Produce Acres Korbin, #and1035 & #1037)and we will be back next week to pick up the other 2 and the donkey. Check out their video with the below link!

Produce Acres Korbin-registered Belgian Draft Horse and four others saved from shipping to slaughter
https://youtu.be/Ew118OWG0Vg

While scrolling though Bowie Texas Livestock's recent intakes, I came across a posting of a registered Belgian Draft Horse that was in danger of shipping to slaughter in just a few days. "Produce Acres Korbin" was a registered Belgian Draft Horse with papers and registered with the Belgian registry. He was sire to 54 horses in his lifetime and is only 14 years old. I didn't think this beautiful horse deserved his ending to be at a slaughter house. He also had a resemblance to Finn who we recently lost to colic. After discussing the rescue with the board of directors with the Big Hoof Foundation we decided to rescue him!

A few days later, another 6 Belgian Draft Horses came in together to Bowie Texas Livestock along with some Percheron's from an Amish farm in Kentucky. This situation reminded me so much of how we found the first original 6 horses we rescued that started our farm and this foundation. They came in as a group and we wanted to help the ones we could. Two of the six were rescued by someone else but the board agreed to rescue two of them (Lot# 1035 & #1037). The Percheron's that came in were rescued by someone else as well.

As the week went on, the last two gelding in the group were not rescued. I felt horrible for them and did not want to let two of them ship to slaughter when the rest of the group was saved. SO...we rescued the other two as well! (Lot# 1039 & #1040).

Then there was a donkey! As I watched the video of the Belgians at Bowie, I happened to click on a post of a donkey (Lot# 1042). From her video at the livestock yard, she looked like the sweetest donkey and she just wanted to be loved. Something said we needed to rescue the very pregnant momma and her unborn baby from shipping to slaughter. So...we did!

We need your support to help raise money to cover the expenses of rescuing these 5 horses and donkey from shipping to slaughter. This video gives all the details about the horses and what we know so far about their condition. After we pick them up we will have more infomation on them. A few of them will need x-rays because they have some leg issues. Also the stud will need to be gelded. All the details of this fundraiser are on our website at www.bighooffoundation.org

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Please consider making a tax deductible donation to the Big Hoof Foundation to help us save more of these precious lives from shipping to slaughter.

https://www.bighooffoundation.org