Beloved Horse Shot, Need to Move
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Trinity horse refuge, a 501c3 organizatoin, EIN 46-2930095, has an urgent need to move. We woke up this morning to find one of our beloved horses murdered in the front pasture. Mikey was shot through the neck between 6 and 7:15 am this morning in a targeted shooting from the road.
Mikey came to us from Auction Horse Rescue. He was a special needs horse who suffered severe abuse. He was emaciated, was missing his bottom jaw and lower teeth, had severe arthritis in his back legs, all due from a sport called tripping, Mikey was just seven years old. Trinity has provided a safe loving home for Mikey for over two years. His special diet of soaked cubes, grain and beet pulp worked wonders for him. He was beautiful, funny, loving and loved food! He never had to worry about his next meal or live in fear of being mistreated. It was an everyday occurrence seeing him running toward you with his tongue hanging out, ready to see what goodies you were bringing him.
As our property is a corner property, we do not have a large area to keep the horses that is not accessible from the road. We urgently need to move. This is the latest in a string of livestock and pet shootings in the Oroville area. We are 20 miles from the town and did not have any reason to believe that we would be targeted. We feel violated in every sense of the word.
We have been actively looking for property for the last six months and have been unable to find anything that will house the horses and ourselves. This horrific murder makes this need to move extremely urgent. We need a safe place for the rescued horses, donkeys and goats that we take care of that we can all feel safe in. Trinity Horse Refuge is a 501c3 organization. EIN 46-2930095.
Mikey came to us from Auction Horse Rescue. He was a special needs horse who suffered severe abuse. He was emaciated, was missing his bottom jaw and lower teeth, had severe arthritis in his back legs, all due from a sport called tripping, Mikey was just seven years old. Trinity has provided a safe loving home for Mikey for over two years. His special diet of soaked cubes, grain and beet pulp worked wonders for him. He was beautiful, funny, loving and loved food! He never had to worry about his next meal or live in fear of being mistreated. It was an everyday occurrence seeing him running toward you with his tongue hanging out, ready to see what goodies you were bringing him.
As our property is a corner property, we do not have a large area to keep the horses that is not accessible from the road. We urgently need to move. This is the latest in a string of livestock and pet shootings in the Oroville area. We are 20 miles from the town and did not have any reason to believe that we would be targeted. We feel violated in every sense of the word.
We have been actively looking for property for the last six months and have been unable to find anything that will house the horses and ourselves. This horrific murder makes this need to move extremely urgent. We need a safe place for the rescued horses, donkeys and goats that we take care of that we can all feel safe in. Trinity Horse Refuge is a 501c3 organization. EIN 46-2930095.
Organizer
Cathy Fonseca
Organizer
Bangor, CA
