Many of you have asked how Into the Light Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, a 501c3 non profit was started.

Since I am using my birthday to inspire my friends and my larger network to donate to my life’s passion, I would love to share our story here. 

It all began with Dove, a newborn foal. In 2015, on a Colorado feedlot that sold horses to slaughter, a young black and white mare with dreadlocks in her mane and tail, gave birth to this sweet filly with a little white dove marking on her side. The filly was born amongst the chaos of the feedlot, surrounded by 100 horses all awaiting their fate to be shipped to slaughter.

I had learned of the newborn foal and her Mother, and knew immediately they needed to be saved. Without hesitating, I paid for their freedom and had them rushed to a quarantine facility.

While Phantom and baby Dove were in quarantine, Dove developed an infection. Feedlots are no place for any horse -- especially a newborn. The disease and sickness Dove developed from being there for the first few hours of her life, compromised her ability to fight off infection. As infection attacked Dove’s eyes, she went blind before the vets had an opportunity to save her sight. Her illness continued to develop, and at exactly six weeks old, she succumbed to her sickness and passed away while her Mamma Phantom stood helpless.

The loss of baby Dove left me devastated. More than ever, I felt that she and the three other horses I had saved, needed to continue on for Dove. In the weeks following Dove’s passing, I saw the urgent need to stand up for the thousands of horses that continue to be tossed away and lost to the slaughter pipeline. So that Dove's loss would not be in vain.

Into the Light was born from this chain of events, and the name represents the feeling our horses experience when they are at the end of the line in the slaughter pipeline, but are brought back into the love and light of freedom when rescued.

Dove continues to inspire our rescue every day, and we carry on her memory with each horse we have the honor of saving. To date, we have rescued 90 horses, and intend to continue our mission of working tirelessly to ensure our horses are loved and cared for, and that they never again experience the horrors of the slaughter pipeline. Our focus in recent years has been caring for our sanctuary horses,

If you decide to donate, your valuable funds will be used to support our 10 special needs sanctuary horses. Instead of buying your daily latte, could you spare $5 to help us buy the meds our sweet rescues need on a daily basis?

Thank you so much for reading this and for sharing on social media, by private messenger or text.

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Into The Light Horse Rescue & Sanctuary Inc