Top 5 Tips for Caring for a New Rescue Horse
Posted by Animal Care Team onWe visited Blue Star Equiculture and met Pamela Rickenbach-Moshimer, the co-founder and executive director of the rescue. With 32 horses on site at any given moment, that’s a big job! She explained the exciting work that goes on at the farm every day, introduced me to the diverse herd, and shared some great insights on how the new rescue horse owner can best care for his or her special animal on the Absorbine Blog.
Colorado Wildfires Ways To Help Roundup
Posted by Animal Care Team onThe response effort to the Black Diamond Forest wildfires in Colorado is tremendous. Fifth generation Absorbine family member Tyler F. Young, Jr., who lives north of the stricken region, headed down to the area Thursday. We can all do our part to help, so here is a 2013 Colorado wildfires ways to help roundup. Pick one that speaks to you and donate today, please!
Absorbine Interviews Blue Star Equiculture
Posted by Animal Care Team onWe’ve been working with organizations like A Home For Every Horse, a venture that connects horses in rescues with potential new owners using a centralized database. Absorbine® conducted an interview with AHFEH member Blue Star Equiculture. Blue Star Equiculture is an innovative, community-driven draft horse rescue right in our own backyard in western Massachusetts. Read on, then tell us the special ways your local organization is helping horses in your backyard!
Horses Need Help In Texas
Posted by Animal Care Team onThe wildfires raging in Texas have destroyed many homes and farms around the city of Bastrop, TX which has been one of the areas worst affected. Many of the horses and cattle that lived there had to be released as the fire approached. They are being rounded up and cared for by hard working volunteers. Read why horses need help in Texas on the Absorbine Blog.
Horse Rescues Rock!
Posted by Animal Care Team onYou don’t have to be a horse person to admire a horse rescue operation. But if you are involved with horses you know just how vital they are. Horse ownership is pricey and 2011 America’s job shortage means many can no longer afford to own horses. If they can’t sell them or give them away, they end up being released into the wild or worse. Here in the Absorbine Blog, we celebrate the big hearted people who work at horse rescues.