SRF seeks to save 26 horses

The Standardbred Retirement Foundation’s, (SRF) effort continues for the 26 former harness racing horses hoping to avoid slaughter.

Since yesterday 3 additional horses have received further donations, and a few now have all their support. Several are close to becoming safe, but donations are still needed to move them out of the holding pen into SRF’s care.

Fifteen are desperate for help. Homes, foster homes, and donations are desperately needed. The work to save them continues with urgency.

The list of horses in need is below.

Still, no deadline has been given, it can be tomorrow or a day this week. That is concerning as it is very unusual not to be provided a shipping date to cross the border to Canada or Mexico to the slaughterhouses. These horses still linger in a pen in Shippensburg, Pa. We can only hope they are being provided water and hay.

SRF must raise the needed funds to get the remaining to safety.

IF FUNDS CAN BE RAISED SRF CAN TAKE THEM IN

This means that each horse needs donations of a minimum of $4,000. to afford the care for quarantine, rest, rehabilitation, retraining, and homing each one.

This can be reached when many individuals contribute.

Every donation is tax-deductible.

Ways You Can Help One, Them:

• Purchase one directly from this terrible situation in Shippensburg, PA.

• Offer a home, or a foster opportunity for at least several months.

• Donate so SRF can take a horse into its care. Each horse needs donations of $4,000. This affords the fee to get off the slaughter line; transport to quarantine; quarantine; the farrier; dentist; some medical care; and a few months of rehabilitation, training, and homing. SRF also takes on the expense of follow-up for life.

• Sponsoring is also very helpful. Any amount for a period of time makes a difference.

• Help from other organizations with similar practices that can take in a horse.

For information email SRFadoption@gmail.com. SRF is already helping a few from this group that needed immediate care for their dire health situation and also needs donations to provide for them. Most other horses are in adequate condition, not by SRF’s standards, but by the standard used by law enforcement.

SRF must be certain it can take on the expense of helping these horses as it has so many under its care and expense already. It also shares its frustration over the racing industry still not addressing this issue, and why SRF must keep sounding the alarm for these hard-working animals in need.

From the Standardbred Retirement Foundation