Adopted draft horses Winn and Cephey enjoy the snow day!
Oh those March winds are going to blow! It wouldn’t be March without them, would it? And here at St. Francis Horse Rescue & Retirement Farm, Inc. the winds of change are blowing also!
We are practicing the three “r”’s……rescue, rehab and retirement! It is going very well indeed! We changed our focus a bit here at SFHR by putting our energies on the three r’s and backing off (just a bit) on the adoption part of our operation here. We will have horses available for adoption but it will be quite limited. I am getting many phone calls and e mails asking me, “Why the change?” I will try to explain that here!
There are quite a few horse adoption facilities out there. The best one that we personally know of is Midwest Horse Welfare Foundation (www.equineadoption.com) and they do a fantastic job of matching up horses with adopters. While we here at SFHR have had many successful placements and we admire and respect our adopters, we mainly want to take in the elderly horses who through no fault of their own need that one last home to live out their days and the very needy horses that need time and space to get back on their feet (sometimes literally!) and then go on to a forever home or else stay here with us.
Our new (yet old) focus seems to be working. If you look over our list of recovering and retired horses you will see what I mean. There are a few new faces and yet a few more will be coming in as space allows and that means, in a nutshell, we are very pleased to be providing this service!!
So now, my question to you all! Are you coming in like a lamb…or a lion? Either one looks good to us! If you are meek and quiet yet very concerned about the plight of horses in this world or if you roar in outrage about people and their unfair treatment of animals, we welcome you here! In fact we are not ashamed to say that WE NEED YOU and THE HORSES NEED YOU. We would love to have you join us here to do our best to help the animals entrusted to us.
Would you consider sponsorship of a horse or horses here? All your donations are tax deductible and we assure you that 100% of what you donate goes directly to the care of the horses. No one draws a salary here or benefits from your donation. Only the horses benefit! Horse people know how expensive the care of an equine is but other folks might not be aware of it. Call or e mail us and we would be happy to discuss this further.
Join us on this journey and you will absolutely love the feeling that giving to these animals gives right back to you!
You will soon notice that we are putting up a new page for each of the animals here. It will take some time as I would like new pictures on everyone but it is a way to update sponsors on how “their” animal is doing here showing both progress and possible set backs with their health and quality of life. It will be an honest and POSITIVE outlook on their lives! I think you will enjoy this new feature.
Blessings to you all and let’s hope for that much anticipated spring thaw!
Stay positive!
Mary, Bill and the gang at SFHR
Are we there yet?? 
