Spirit Run Equine Rescue

THE RESCUE WAS ABLE TO HELP 30 HORSES IN 2021. SERVICES PROVIDED WERE CHIROPRACTOR, DENTIST, FARRIER, TRAINING, VET, EUTHANASIA AND BURIAL ASSISTANCE, CONSULTATIONS ON PROBLEM HORSES AND HOW TO FEED OLDER HORSES CORRECTLY. HORSES RESCUED WERE BIG JOHN, NATE'S GIRLFRIEND (BLUEBERRY), ZEUS, SASSY, SUNNY, AND MARCH. HORSES ADOPTED WERE ROOKIE, KNOX, ROLO, MAGIC, AND POSH. SRER CONTINUED TO WORK WITH BRAVE, WHO WE RESCUED IN JUNE 2018. WE FOUND HIM STANDING IN A KILL PEN, A DEVASTATED SKELETON, WITH DULL EYES AND HEAD LOW. WE KNEW WE COULD PUT WEIGHT ON HIM, BUT WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE SCARS THAT NO ONE COULD SEE. WE NAMED HIM BRAVE BECAUSE WE KNEW HE WOULD HAVE TO BE IN ORDER TO FIGHT HIS WAY THROUGH. IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS AND BRAVE HAS CONQUERED THAT DARK PART OF HIS LIFE. IT IS TRUE HE HAD A LONG RECOVERY TIME, BUT NEEDED IT TO BE 100% AGAIN. HE IS NOW WITH A FOSTER. ALSO, GRIFFIN HAS FOUND HIS FOREVER HOME WITH SRER. TWO YEARS AGO WE FOUND HIM AT A KILL PEN. HE WAS 300 POUNDS UNDERWEIGHT, MISSING AN EYE, HAD A RESPIRATORY INFECTION AND WORMS. HE HUNG HIS HEAD LOW AND DRUG HIS FEET WHEN HE WALKED. HE WAS TRAUMATIZED AND UNSURE ABOUT LIFE, YET NOT UNTRUSTING. ALTHOUGH HE WAS SCARED, HE WAS OPEN. NOW HE IS THRIVING. A TYLER TV STATION SENT A REPORTER TO INTERVIEW ANGELA AND GRIFFIN IN 2020. THE ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND AT TYLERPAPER.COM "RESCUE HORSE RECOVERS FROM MISTREATMENT AND NEGLECT". THERE HAS EVEN BEEN A CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT HIM "GRIFFIN, A RESCUE STORY". THE BOOK'S AUTHOR IS GINA LEATHERMAN AND CAN BE PURCHASED ON AMAZON.