170 horses. THAT number makes me sick. 5 trucks in 6 days. Never in my entire life did I think I would see that. It is what I read in books growing up that I was horrified by. THAT needs to stop. This is why awareness and education matter. Why there needs to be support to allow rescues to intake these horses to do right by them.
Yesterday when I pulled out I spent an hour and a half mulling my brain over what I can do. I feel like a complete failure right now. Before you say anything, I KNOW I am not. That isnt what I am getting at. Its that I feel like there has got to be more awareness to generate exposure and donations to HELP horse rescues. A lady sent me a message yesterday, she lives in England, and it essentially said with all the influencers, celebrities, big people in the United States, and horses are still shipping -- where are these people at?!"
It is so true. I dont know what to do to get their attention. All it takes is a couple people with large platforms to simply share a reel and a post and the movement literally moves forward. Not in a small way, in a large way. THAT is what we/they need. I need to find someone connected enough within these social networks that can share with them what is going on and all they need to do is share the educational awareness reels. It isnt even about ASIAB, it is about the horses and the countless rescues and sanctuaries busting their asses off to help the horses. I am thankful to Nikki Reed who shared the one reel this weekend. I am thankful to the Olympic gold medalist Jessica Von Bredow Werndl for sharing the educational reel. It is amazing humans like THEM that share to their followers who see, who then share to their followers.
I am such a firm believer in people working together. I love Dawn Olivieri for that. She works her ass off to support so many rescues. To Sarah from Roam the Range. For people to see that in unity there is strength is WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. As a non profit I can tell you it is terrifying to support others simply because you are afraid the donations will leave or there isnt enough to go around. That is the reality on why you dont see 99% of non profits supporting others and simply staying in their lanes. I GET IT. I am scared all the time, but I can tell you that in having support, in having advice, in having help from people who get it and want to see the HORSES and animals done right by, there is no loss in support in that.
These horses need us in a BAD way that if we dont do something, it is going to stay this way for another hundred years. The face that at the bare bones of it everything is still the same as it was when I was 15 years old scrolling AOL.com reading about horse slaughter is a massive problem. Thank God for social media it has absolutely helped bring people together to add some gasoline to the movement to save the horses and donkeys. Now we need step it up a notch in another way. I refuse to be 50 years old, hell 45, still stuck with this same problem. I wont. I will fight and work my ass off to change this, these horses deserve better then this. These donkeys deserve better then this. It killed me watching those male donkeys ship yesterday KNOWING with the right reach on social media we could have saved their lives. THEY DIDNT DESERVE OR NEED TO DIE.
So here we are. We have $20,004 left to raise to save these 10 horses. We ARE doing it. The trucks are not stopping. I dont want the 10 to turn into 9. To have to turn into 8 because the funds arent coming in. We are STILL fundraising for Hogan and Debbie. I dont want to have to let them ship this week because we dont have the funds and I dont want them sitting at the Kill Pen any longer because the funds arent there. THEY NEED OUT OF THERE.
My goal for the next month, and I need YOUR HELP:
I need to find a good PR person to help me get in touch with these bigger influencers to SHOW THEM what is going on to see if they want to help. It only takes ONE PERSON to start a fire. I saw a REEL this morning as I couldnt sleep with my brain being in psychodrive over this, of a bunch of matches. One match gets lit and BOOM the whole pile goes up. THAT is what I want to do to the horse industry. Light it up.
BE KIND. Support other rescues. Share their reels. Their hearts and souls have given up everything to help the animals that they feel drawn too. Even words of encouragement mean a ton.
There are SO MANY dynamics to the horse industry and in helping the horses and donkeys. It isnt just THAT simple and I know this, but something has got to give. I am determinded.
So lets get these 10 SAFE. The blind mare, the old carriage horse, the young horses, the skinny grey gelding, Hogan and Debbie, the palomino gelding, the draft cross who needs to go to training which is probably why she was dumped at the auction.
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