Fundraiser to save another 6 Belgian Draft horses from shipping to slaughter.
On September 29, 2024, Bowie Texas Livestock posted 27 Belgian Draft horses on their website!
16 of the 27 are colts and fillies (4 to 5 months old). The other 11 are older horses ages 2-19 years old.
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Since our last rescue we now know we can rescue 6 horses at a time and fit them all on our trailer That is what we are working on today 9/30/24! We need your support to save another 6 Belgian Draft horses (3 mares, one possibly pregnant and 3 geldings) from shipping to slaughter!
Below are the horses we are looking to rescue along with the details of the fundraiser!
Fundraiser Details
Livestock Yard Bail
Lot# 3570 & 3571 bonded driving team- $3,300
Lot# 3569 - $1,850
Lot# 3561 - $1,680
Lot# 3565 - $2,000
Lot# 3568 - $1,850
Total Bail - $10,680
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Transport - $400
Boarding - $650
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Total fundraiser - $11,750
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We will do a separate fundraiser for medical when get everyone back to the farm safely.
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All are safe!!!
UPDATE
Emergency Fundraiser for Lot# 3310, 3312, 3314 and 3317
Update Monday 9/30/24
The last 2 of the rescued horses from this group are going to the vet today! We will have an update on all of them this week!
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UPDATE as of 9/24/24
On Thursday 9/18/24 we picked up the 4 Belgian Draft horses that we fundraised for along with 2 other Belgians! Because of all of your support we were able to rescue these beautiful horses! We did work with Border Horse Slaughter Rescue since they had already started fundraising for these horses that were on the slaughter list. Our foundation as a fail safe raised all the funds to bail these 4 horses out incase Border Horse couldn't come up with their half. The other funds that we raised were going to be put towards medical expenses for the 4. Until, Lot# 3451 (another mare) came up on the ship list. We decided since we had the funds we would rescue another horse!
The 6th horse was a little bit of a different story...Border Horse Slaughter Rescue had rescued a horse a few months back. The horse was taken back to Bowie because the owner couldn't afford medical after she accepted the horse. The horse was neglected and has eye cancer. We couldn't let this poor horse suffer being at the kill pen again! So we brought her back with us as well! I am working on an update video and will give everyone the details this week!
9/14/24
Out of all the Belgian Draft horses that were at Bowie Texas Livestock this week 9/9/2024 and all the horses coming in again next week we are stepping up and taking on some more! I can not continue to watch these horses ship to slaughter! They were all from the same farm and they deserve better!
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We are working with Border Horse Slaughter Rescue to save these amazing horses! Border Horse is putting up half the bail because they started fundraising for them earlier this week and we will be paying the balance they hadn't raised. We don't have the final dollar amount yet but we are starting our fundraiser with the bail that needs to be paid for all 4 of them! We will do a fundraiser later on for medical. We are just working to keep these horses off the truck today 9/14/24.
We need your support!
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Fletcher Farms Amarillo's 100th episode shows us picking up the 6 new horses!
This fundraiser will include the following...
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Bail - half paid by Border Horse
Lot# 3310 - $1,600 - $831
Lot# 3312 - $1650 - $856
Lot# 3314 - $1550 - $808
Lot# 3317 - $1380 - $725
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Total Bail needed - $3220​
Transport $350​
Total fundraiser - $3580
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Total funds raised to rescue all 4 horses if Border Horse didn't pay half
(which they did pay)
$6,500
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Additional horses rescued
Bail for lot# 3451 - $1480
Bail for lot# 9827 (horse with eye cancer) - $0 (Border Horse Paid the bail)
Balance to be put towards medical for this group of 6 rescued - $1440
Equines Saved since 2022
57
With your support, we have saved 46 Belgian Draft Horses, a quarter horse, a standardbred, a Percheron and 6 Donkeys from shipping to slaughter and have given them a loving retirement home.
Help save " Big Hoof " Horses
The Big Hoof Foundation is dedicated to saving Draft Horses that have spent their entire lives working only to be neglected or abused when they can no longer work and are eventually sold to slaughter or abandoned to perish.
Our dedicated volunteers and board members work to rescue, rehabilitate and if possible re-home these beautiful gentle giants to nurturing pastures while advocating for more humane treatment of the draft breeds through information and enlightenment.
By saving abandoned Draft Horses we are providing them a loving, humane environment free from pain and suffering as well as restoring their trust in humanity.
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Our orginization will do everything we can for the horses we rescue. Most of the horses we have rescued have medical conditions and can not be re-homed. They will receive the best medical care and alternative treatments we can offer them with help from our amazing veterinarians.
Our Mission
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To rescue, rehabilitate and rehome Draft horses.
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To provide a facility where no animal will endure the pain and suffering caused by a life of abuse, neglect or abandonment by giving the horses the proper medical care required to live a healthy life.
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To sponsor or host events that promote awareness of the neglect and abuse of the Draft Horse Breed.
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To create an equine therapy program to assist people suffering with mental illness.
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To bring awareness to the community about horses being released into a slow feral death or dropped at a dealer who sends them to auction then slaughter.
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To form relationships, share information and work towards a collaborative effort to solve problems that lead to the inhumane treatment of these big hoofed gentle giants.
