UPDATE
Emergency Fundraiser for Lot# 3316
9/10/24 - WE can not thank you all enough for your generosity! The fundraiser for Lot#3316 was a success! We will be picking him up at the end of this week! I will be working on a video today with an update for everyone that comes with another surprise! THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING SAVE THIS GELDINGS LIFE!
Emergency Fundraiser for Lot# 3316
I was notified this morning (9/9/24) about a Belgian Draft horse that is blind on the left side and in rough shape. He looks to be sore in his back end as well, most likely arthritis.
He is on the direct ship list to Mexico today at 4pm!
We need your help to save this beautiful gelding that doesn't deserve to ship to slaughter!
This fundraiser will include the following...
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Bail
Lot# 3316 - $1,380
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Transport $450
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Initial vet bills
(including blood work, dental and farrier service)
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Farrier - $100
Exams - $75
Teeth floating -$130
Blood work - $100 each
x-rays for back legs - $70 each (per x-ray location) Approx. $300
OsPhos Injection - $400
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Total fundraiser - $3,000
Plus feed
(not included in this total)
Equines Saved since 2022
50
With your support, we have saved 42 Belgian Draft Horses, a quarter horse, a standardbred 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.
