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Statewide, the numbers are overwhelming: 9,000 horses inhumanely shipped to slaughterhouses through our border; 500 calls to animal cruelty hotlines for equine neglect, starvation or cruelty; reports of 7,000 starving horses on tribal lands. Close to no resources for law enforcement or privately funded horse shelters, which currently have space for 250 equines. The economic downturn makes stark the enormous holes in the system for horses.
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Miracle at The Horse Shelter in Cerrillos. Photo credit: Judy Prisoc
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APNM supporters may remember Miracle, the horse left for dead after a botched euthanasia attempt, now rehabbed and cared for by The Horse Shelter in Cerrillos. Her NMSU polo career left her with an injured knee and she was moved into private ownership. A bright chestnut pony, she may have thought she was heading to a match, or a trail ride, or any other normal horse activity when she was loaded onto a trailer. Instead, she was taken into the Southern New Mexico desert and shot SIX times with a small caliber gun. In this economy, with horses sold at auction for $3.50, her life was valued at the cost of a handful of bullets.
In response to this grim reality, Animal Protection of New Mexico is pursuing systemic change for equines through the Equine Protection Fund. We are pleased to announce two generous grants from the Doris Goodwin Walbridge Foundation and the Thaw Charitable Trust to continue this work. "New Mexico is years behind states like Kentucky, Oregon and California in basic welfare programs for horses, but we can't continue to accept that as the reality," says Laura Bonar, Equine Campaign Manager for APNM.
We are especially excited to announce a $10,000 challenge grant to the Equine Protection Fund, if you donate now your dollars will be doubled! The Fund’s advisory committee will meet this month to determine emergency hay assistance distribution guidelines. If you care about horses, if you know New Mexico can be a land of compassion for equines, please make a donation today!
New Mexico’s equine crisis had additional public exposure through the recent publication of articles in “The Horsemen’s Voice,” “Today’s Horse Trader,” and “New Mexico Horse Breeder.” Please click on the thumbnail versions at bottom to read the articles in full.
On behalf of equines statewide, THANK YOU to the Doris Goodwin Walbridge Foundation and Thaw Charitable Trust! For more information on the Equine Protection Fund please visit the website
EquineProtectionFund.org.
