Echo Rescue Ranch New stable/Barn
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One month after our wedding, Oct 2013, my wife Julie Echterling and I, both disabled Veterans, decided to pack it all up, leave our city life and move to a small 56 arce ranch miles from nowhere in Middle TN and start an animal rescue.
Echo Rescue Ranch, because animals deserve a 2nd chance. In two years we have gone from 4 to just over sixy animals with 6 different species. Needles to say, the cost of caring for so many soon was through the roof.
We would love to be able to save so many more. We have had to pass on saving many horses that ended up being put down because the sad condition of our barn and the funds to feed and costs of Vet services. We are on a very tight budget, we spendjust over 35% of our disability income to care for the animals and done what we could to fix the old run down barn but it's beyond repair.
We need a new barn with stables. The ranch was build in 1988 and was not well cared for. The fencing is in desperate need of replacing. We are in need of a tractor with a frontend loader. We have an old 1973 John Deere 1020 we use to plow and drag trees for firewood but it won't last much longer. Our goal is to build a new barn with stables and equip it with solar electric so we can foster some of the many horses in the area that need proper care. Once we get an animal healthy again, the goal is to find them a forever home.If for some reason they can't be re-homed,they will be able to live out their lives in a safe and loving home here at the ranch.
Photo above is Matthew (age 10) and his horse Beauty
Thank you for your support
Matthew & Julie Echterling
Echo Rescue Ranch, because animals deserve a 2nd chance. In two years we have gone from 4 to just over sixy animals with 6 different species. Needles to say, the cost of caring for so many soon was through the roof.
We would love to be able to save so many more. We have had to pass on saving many horses that ended up being put down because the sad condition of our barn and the funds to feed and costs of Vet services. We are on a very tight budget, we spendjust over 35% of our disability income to care for the animals and done what we could to fix the old run down barn but it's beyond repair.
We need a new barn with stables. The ranch was build in 1988 and was not well cared for. The fencing is in desperate need of replacing. We are in need of a tractor with a frontend loader. We have an old 1973 John Deere 1020 we use to plow and drag trees for firewood but it won't last much longer. Our goal is to build a new barn with stables and equip it with solar electric so we can foster some of the many horses in the area that need proper care. Once we get an animal healthy again, the goal is to find them a forever home.If for some reason they can't be re-homed,they will be able to live out their lives in a safe and loving home here at the ranch.
Photo above is Matthew (age 10) and his horse Beauty
Thank you for your support
Matthew & Julie Echterling
Organizer
Matthew Stephan Echterling
Organizer
Sparta, TN
