Colorado Horse Rescue on Fox31 News

Fox31 News came to Colorado Horse Rescue, where I volunteer, end Saturday to produce a segment on the rescue. They happened to live on in that place during my shift that day. I was i of the volunteers they miked upwardly together with interviewed although, every bit these things go, none of that made it into the piece. No biggie—I’ve been on many TV shows for my books inwards the past, together with this segment was all close the horses anyway. Still, I am inwards the video, which is fun. I hope you lot volition CLICK HERE to live on taken to the video. Below is the article that accompanied the video on Fox’s website.

LONGMONT, Colo. -- Fifty-five horses telephone telephone Colorado Horse Rescue home. That’s close capacity amongst room for only 5 more. “We are hither to rescue, rehab together with notice forever homes. It’s similar to a human club for horses,” Carol Brice said. But these animals are dissimilar than cats together with dogs. They’re expensive to feed together with to attention for, together with their lifespan tin hand notice stretch xxx years.

“Many don’t know there’s a crisis inwards America,” Brice said. “There are 170,000 unwanted horses inwards the the U.S.A. About 6,000 inwards Colorado alone.” One horse, Lil Bit, came to Colorado Horse Rescue unwanted together with neglected, much similar a quarter of the horses that receive got come upwardly through. The other 75 pct are relinquished past times families who tin hand notice no longer attention for them.

“What nosotros meet is a Equus caballus gets sick or injured, besides quondam to ride, together with they acquire discarded. That’s unfortunate,” Brice said. “They should live on honored together with cared for.” That’s what the volunteers at Colorado Horse Rescue strive to produce each day. And inwards the procedure they acquire attached. “I receive got learned non to autumn inwards dearest because they acquire adopted out, which is great, that’s the whole point,” Brice said. [I genuinely said that, but whatever!]

This is Kyle, a beautiful Arabian bay together with the get-go Equus caballus I savage inwards dearest amongst at CHR. He was adopted two years ago, but I still pino for him!

But it tin hand notice hateful heartbreak, particularly knowing they tin hand notice only assist together with thence many of the animals. Their hearts tin hand notice live on bigger than their wallets together with thence they’re counting on the populace to convey a Equus caballus home. “All kinds of horses current of air upwardly inwards this province of affairs through no error of their own,” Brice said. “We receive got all breeds, ages, sizes all ranged inwards training, come upwardly out together with convey a look.”

It costs $500,000 a twelvemonth to continue the operation, which is inwards its 30th year, running. Colorado Horse Rescue is working to opened upwardly a minute facility where older horses tin hand notice come upwardly to retire. Donations are beingness accepted to assist brand that dream a reality.

Thanks, Fox News. Any together with all publicity for the security together with attention of these special animals is ever appreciated!