Emergency Hay Application Available Online Equine Protection Fund Advisory Committee Launches First Program
Advisory Committee members of the Equine Protection Fund (Fund) voted to launch Emergency Hay Assistance, a program that will help people who have lost a job or had a medical emergency feed up to four equines for two months.
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Emergency Hay will keep horses healthy and with their families during tough economic times.
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Cat and dog food pantries across the state have seen an increase in use as the economy has declined, but there haven’t been similar services for horses statewide until now.
Emergency Hay is the first of many programs the Fund will offer to help the thousands of starving, abandoned, abused and neglected horses in New Mexico. For more information or to donate please visit
www.EquineProtectionFund.org.
If you or someone you know may benefit from Emergency Hay Assistance, please download the application from the
Fund website here.
Thank you to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) for grant funds to launch this life-saving program. Your donation will change the fate of suffering equines and keep Emergency Hay Assistance going, please give what you can:
www.nmcf.org/?page_id=674
Read coverage of how people are coming together to solve New Mexico’s equine crisis in Sunday’s Santa Fe New Mexican.
Never Too Young to Make a Difference
Young Eldorado Boy Forgoes Birthday Gifts to Help Starving Horses
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Randi Bildner, Jack Bogg, and Biscuit celebrate Jack’s 8th Birthday.
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Lisa Smith, a member of the Eldorado Area Business Women's Network, (
eabwn.com) certainly raised her son, Jack Boggs, with a conscience. Smith explained that ever since her 8-year-old son Jack could talk, he has been asking his friends and their parents NOT to give him a gift for his birthday. Instead Boggs always requests a dollar from each friend so he could then send the money on to a worthy animal cause.
Recently, Smith heard Randi Bildner, Development Associate for Animal Protection of New Mexico (APNM), discuss several animal welfare issues at the monthly network group. One need Randi brought up particularly struck a chord: APNM's Equine Protection Fund has been created to address the plight of many thousands of starving, abandoned and neglected horses in New Mexico. Smith went home and talked to Jack about the Fund and he agreed his birthday money should go to help hungry horses this year.
Saying, "Kids do not need more 'stuff',” Smith called this idea “a community no-brainer” and hoped it would catch on. She would like Jack’s selflessness to inspire others. Smith continued, “this is a win/win for everyone including the environment. Parents don’t have to waste gas to go into town to buy a gift and use wrapping paper just so it will be thrown away.”
On April 12th, Randi Bildner visited Jack Boggs at his home in Eldorado. She gave this “little man” a huge hug as she collected the funds, raised for Jack’s birthday, to help horses in our state. Bildner was truly moved when Jack presented her with a toy horse, obviously something he treasured. Jack’s dad, award winning western author Johnny D. Boggs, also gave Bildner a gift—an autographed copy of one of his books in which he wrote, “Thank you for all you do for the horses.”
But the highlight of the visit came when Bildner was able to personally deliver the words, “Happy Birthday!” to Jack, who turned a very mature eight this year.
