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It was the evening of January 4th Triple H got a call from a ND sheriff. 32 FULL SIZED horses involved in an abuse case. Can we help? There is no food or water and subzero temps.
Being that we deal with miniatures and not full sized horses and just having gotten home from major surgery I had to think for a "minute" - do we have enough hay and room? Well, we did and we committed to taking up to 14 to help find homes or reputable rescue to place them in. Many were injured, cut, bitten up, old, emaciated.
Everyone was running together including all the studs! After several trips nearly 200 miles away, Triple H ended up with a total of 12 horses. Three were placed into "Certified" therapeutic centers in ND and MN, 1 went to a foster home and will probably be placed permanently there. A mini will stay at Triple H and be up for adoption, one blind horse will remain at Triple H. Several others are waiting for placement but we have several leads for them.
This has been an extremely costly and time consuming venture but most of all it has been sad and very eye opening. Right when you think you have heard and seen everything you realize you never really have any idea what some animals go through. We have worked around the clock on this and are glad to say it may be nearing an end.
Follow the link below for more information including pictures!
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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:04 |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 08 April 2010 18:48 |
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Triple H Miniature Horse Rescue was alerted back in late January 2010 about a horrific seizure of 141 animals in Jefferson, Texas. We were told in amongst 10 unlicensed and uninsured circus cats were parrots, exotic birds, horses, dogs, cats, ducks, turkeys, monkey, kotimundi, turtles and you name it, it was there. The animals were were all living in 3 RV trailers along with the owners.
According to the D.A.'s office the smell of urine and rotting was tremendous. The circus cats were living outside in small cages, feet sore from standing in their own urine and feces for such a long time. The Humane Society estimated that they had not been removed from their cages for over two years! A day or two before they could get there the lion passed away from illness and was buried in a pit in the back. One miniature horse was found stuffed into a portable gray dog carrier and after several weeks died from pneumonia and other complications.
In the News
58 of the 141 animals were either euthanized or died of illness. 70% of the dogs were found to have heart worms and tape or hook worms. All the domestic cats were euthanized due to rampant respiratory infections as well as the duck abd turkey as their origin was unknown for disease control.
Some of the Iguanas had mouth rot and a there was a host of other animals with other diseases. We volunteered to take the horses if other homes could not be found. They called us in a few days and said they wanted Triple H to take them as they liked what the rescue had done in the past with others. A nice compliment for the rescue.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 11:20 |
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Muffin, poor Muffin. She came to the rescue over a year ago rescued by a bystander who happened to see her and 2 others with no feed or water in a farmers yard. They offered to buy them and immediately turned them over to us. Muffin was so terrified of people and impossible to catch. She was adopted but shortly thereafter given back for that reason. Though she was happy to give rides to the kids, she was just too hard to catch.
She came back to us and we continued to work with her but she did not seem to come around very much. She was adopted again to a family with kids who wanted to ride her. Again she gave rides but was too hard to catch. She again came back to us at the rescue. It seemed poor Muffin was just not very placable.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 20 March 2010 02:26 |
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Due to a grant from the ASPCA, Triple H Miniature Horse rescue is expanding. We are constructing an additional large corral and water fountain approximately 100 feet X 200 feet where we will be ale to house more minis in need. This new area will allow for minis that are able to graze, the opportunity to have a large area to run and graze in the spring, summer and fall months. It will also provide a wonderful quarantine area if necessary. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 November 2010 13:17 |
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