Help Save a Mustang from Slaughter!

This little mustang, Rune, needs your help!  We have until Friday to get her out from a kill pen in Kentucky, before she ships to be slaughtered.  Rune was gathered from Nevada a of couple years ago, and has been let down by humans ever since.  She is a mustang with so much potential and doesn't deserve such a horrific ending.  As a "nationally protected icon" Rune shouldn't even be in this terrible situation.  She should still be living wild and free with her family band in Nevada.

It is our goal to rescue this little mustang, defy what her grim future looks like now, and give her the best home she's ever known out of the wild.  Giving her a happy ending requires community effort - please donate if you can and please share this fundraiser with others.  It will cost $600 just to bail her out.  We will be quarantining her on our property, but we need funds for vet care, transport, feed, and hay.  Please consider helping Rune - it would save a life!

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Alamo of the Onaqui - A New Addition

By: Erin

Some of you may have already heard that I started a wild horse and burro rescue.  Last month, my first rescued mustang arrived!  Alamo is a mustang from the Onaqui Mountain herd in Utah, near the Great Salt Lake.  When we took our trip out west in 2020, we flew directly over this herd of wild horses.  Unfortunately, in July of last year, 312 wild horses were rounded up from this herd in Utah for no good reason.  When the mustangs were put up for auction, I was looking for my first mustang to rescue.  With the help of Red Bird's Trust, I chose an older mustang who was undesirable to the public and in danger of going to a bad home or ending up in a slaughter facility.  I won Alamo in the auction in December, and he was set to arrive at Okeechobee, Florida in late February.  I chose the name Alamo for patriotic meaning, since mustangs are a nationally protected icon, second only to the Bald Eagle.  I also chose the name because of its Spanish origin.  Mustangs descended from the Spanish horses the Conquistadors brought to the Americas.

Praise the Lord, Alamo arrived safe and sound on February 25, thanks to some wonderful friends who hauled him up from Florida.  His unloading was very uneventful, but two days later, I woke up to find that he had jumped out of his pen!  Thanks to God and my wonderful family, we were able to get him back in - although it took the whole day.  We raised the panels up to about 6 1/2 feet tall and he hasn't been able to escape again!

Within the past month, Alamo has been very accepting and his gentling process has gone very quickly.  He accepted a halter on day #4, he is now leading very well, and accepts almost anything on his back (tarp, saddle pad, balls, etc.).  He is getting very desensitized, which is a blessing.

As much as we are enjoying having Alamo as a part of our farm, we really wish he could've stayed wild.  In fact, many Americans - including ourselves - fought to stop this roundup that removed Alamo and so many other Onaqui mustangs.  Alamo will have always been happier if he had stayed in the wild.  He was not starving, nor were any of the other mustangs.  There was no good reason at all for why he was taken out.  Unfortunately, just a few weeks ago, a few thousand privately owned sheep were released onto the Onaqui Wild Horse Range.  The mustangs were removed (using our tax dollars) to allow the sheep, which are owned by individuals, to graze on our land (our tax dollars go to supporting these sheep).  Sadly, this happens all over the west.  Livestock (like cattle and sheep) are the biggest destroyer of land in the west, causing drought, wildfires, dust storms, and more.  Whereas mustangs and burros are proven to help and maintain the west's environment.

While Americans work to stop livestock grazing on public lands, we need to do something about the 50,000+ wild horses and burros in holding.  That's why I've started a rescue (you can click here to learn more) and that's why Alamo is here.  It is my hope that he will help me bring awareness to the issue since it affects so many different aspects for the horses, the land, and the people.  God commands us to be good stewards and to love and care for His creation.  Through protecting and caring for His beautiful creation, we can do just that.

You can learn more about my mustang rescue here.

Alamo in the wild.  PC: Kisa Kavass

Alamo rearing and fighting with another stallion in the wild.  PC: Greig Huggins

Alamo shortly after being captured.

Alamo in a crowded holding pen, standing in over a foot of mud and manure.

Alamo shortly after his arrival to our property.

Alamo haltered on day #4!

Lots of desensitization work with Alamo!

"Not one is forgotten before God."

Luke 12:6

Happy Summer!

By: Erin

We had a wonderful, fun spring this year filled with lots of surprises and baby animals!  We were finally allowed to visit our friends in the nursing homes again - praise God!  We also worked hard preparing and planting our garden, picked up two adorable German Shepherd Puppies, celebrated birthdays, enjoyed God's beautiful creation, visited with friends and family, celebrated Independence Day, and braced ourselves for hot and humid weather. 🥵 Here's a recap...

New baby rabbits

Benjamin working hard in the garden

First sprouts in the garden

Beautiful, clear day at our farm!

Picking up Chief near Stone Mountain, Georgia

After picking Chief up, Mom, Joseph, Benjamin, and I hiked Stone Mountain.

This steep climb was one of the best parts!

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset on our way home.

This spring/summer has been very rainy.  Our property is already low, and it has a very hard time soaking up all of the water, so we often have several small ponds...😁

Mom's birthday.

Visiting our friends in the nursing home.

This little baby goat, America, needed to be bottle fed, which she was very happy about!

One of Luke's rabbits had eight babies!

We picked Jewel up from South Carolina in early May.  She did not like to be held!

Chief was actually scared of Jewel when we brought her home, and wanted nothing to do with her.  That changed within an hour!

We had some friends over for dinner and they enjoyed meeting the eight baby rabbits.

Visiting our friends at their Assisted Living Home.

We couldn't leave Jewel in the car alone...😬

Benjamin is a great help and works very hard!

Benjamin's birthday.

Our friends from the assisted living home came over for a farm field trip.  All of us had a wonderful time!

Everyone loved the baby rabbits!

Relaxing by the pond with my puppy.

A recent project of mine has been working on one of our fields (and other areas) for the mustang and burro rescue coming soon.

Here, Jewel is listening to the bugs chewing up the dead logs!

Our Aunt Geralyn came to visit us in June.  We took her to our favorite place in Savannah, Fort Pulaski, and the next day she came to our farm.

We are so grateful that it was a beautiful day!

Telling stories...

Checking the bees.

Father's Day

The eight babies came in for a visit!  Hazel was thrilled!

Morgan and Joseph playing a duet outside for the residents.

Independence Day!

Isaac's Birthday

Jewel and Chief growing big!

This snake was in our chicken coop.  Now we know why we were getting less eggs...

This little hen raised her baby and it's been really cute to see them together.

Benjamin and I have done a lot of work weeding in the garden this summer.

The eight babies are all grown up!

"I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.  

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High."

Psalm 9:1-2