Rescue Group Looking for Help

By Debbie Williams Reporter

For the last three years, horses in the Florida Panhandle have had someone looking out for them. Now Panhandle Equine Rescue may need a little rescuing of it's own. Rescue Group Looking for Help

Published: Mon, July 21, 2008 - 6:33 pm Last Updated: Mon, July 21, 2008 - 10:20 pm

Debbie Williams

For the last three years, horses in the Florida Panhandle have had someone looking out for them. A rescue group made up of volunteers taking in abused and abandoned horses. But that could end soon. It's seems the volunteers need a little rescue of their own.
Raven, is coming home. The Arabian mare, rescued earlier this year, is back from another visit to the veterinarian. "I think we'll change our name to Raven's Rescue, she's taking all our funding. That's okay, that is why we do it."
Her story of abuse and abandonment has been repeated dozens of times over the last few years says Rescue president Diane Lowery. "The people who had her were financially strapped. They couldn't afford her, the fencing was inadequate, they were getting out because they weren't being fed regularly."
Now the group horses depend on to look out for their welfare, maybe in jeopardy according to Lowery. "The donations stopped coming in. The horses are still needing help out there. We're full, we're not able to take in any so we're having to turn over investigations back over to the county."
Volunteers say shutting down the rescue, shouldn't be an option. "They're just an animal that depends on human beings and when they don't have that intervention they suffer they perish they die," says volunteer Linda Lambert.
Panhandle Equine Rescue vowed to take care of abused and abandoned horses in Escambia County. "Until we run out of money we're going to do what we can do to help what we have," says Lowery.
It's a promise they plan to keep as long as they can.

Send donations to:
Panhandle Equine Rescue
P.O. Box 777
Cantonment, FL 32533

Or call 850.587.2754

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KxVx Says:

Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:12 am

Three years!? Are they even TRYING to adopt her out?

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carl Says:

Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 6:34 am

It’s so sad to see ! It’ll probably be another domesticated loving animal as a species to be nearly wiped out except in Federal preserves in the future.

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