I am special, and my life has been saved! Thank You!!
New PMU Farm cuts leave uncertain fate for hundreds of PMU.
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This PMU mare was saved literally minutes before being loaded on a truck headed to slaughter. She is now enjoying the views at Another Chance 4 Horses a 501c(3) equine rescue, rehabilitation and placement center located in Bernville, PA.
She is soon to be picked by Freedom Hill Horse Rescue in Southern Maryland (www.freedomhillrescue.org). In the beautiful pasture lands of Calvert County Maryland this lucky mare will deliver a newborn foal. Sherri Wolff who resides in Wellington, Florida was notified of the mares impending death. . Sherri’s tax deductible donation to Another Chance 4 Horses paid the mare’s ransom from the killbuyer. The mare was then moved to Another Chance 4 Horses to await placement in a new home. During this time her pregnancy was determined. Another horse was saved that day by another Florida resident, Cheryl Hanna, of Palm Beach County also rescued a pony slated to go to slaughter. This horse is awaiting adoption at Another Chance 4 Horses.
Freedom Hill Horse Rescue heard about the plight of the mare and found an adopter for the mare and foal. The mare will go to Freedom Hill to have her baby and then mare and foal will be moved to their new forever home in Mt. Airey, MD.
This is truly a success story. Wyeth Organics, a division of Wyeth Canada, extracts estrogen from PMU to manufacture hormone replacement therapies under the name Premarin. However, since studies have suggested long-term use of estrogen could be related to breast cancer, menopausal women have cut back significantly on hormone replacement therapy, and therapy doses have been lowered . Wyeth Organics cut more than 50 contracts – the third slash in 19 months. Hundreds of PMU mares, foals and stallions will need to be re-homed.
This PMU mare and the pony are only just two examples of many horses that were saved from slaughter through Another Chance 4 Horses, Inc. “Last year was a banner year. We were able to help re-home over 1,000 horses. We are a very diversified equine rescue, and we assist horses in several ways even by outbidding kill buyers at New Holland auctions. (New Holland is known as the largest kill-buyer sale east of the Mississippi.) We help re-home off track thoroughbreds, and we also assist PMU's directly from the farm or in the case of our expectant mom- right off the truck heading for slaughter. They need your help. Our motto is there can be no rescUe without U. Our emergency funds have been depleted, and we simply are not able to help them without funds. Please help them with your tax-deductible donation today
AC4H, Inc. would love to meet you and introduce you to the horses in need, you don’t have to be located near us to help please consider joining www.horse4orce.com a division of AC4H an international network of horse lovers who help horses internationally. Many horses are adopted through the website and are located across the USA and Canada. Pictures and information about the horses is posted for potential adopters and sponsors and can be viewed at www.anotherchance4horses.com. Please tell someone about AC4H today you could save a life.
Another Chance 4 Horses
Christy C. Sheidy, Secretary
phone 610-488-1426
fax 610-488-1234
http://www.anotherchanceforhorses.com/
http://www.horse4orce.com/