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September 13, 2008 - Saturday from 10 am to noon
Mother and Daughter Day at the Horse Rescue
What a beautiful way to spend a nice autumn Saturday morning with a loved one and hanging
out with the horses. Join Us for Fun with Horses, Learning about Horses, How to Groom, Arts and Crafts
and Pony Rides. This of course includes grandmothers-granddaughters, aunt-niece, etc. Great for Big Sisters Programs, Girl Scouts, etc,
too! Clinic Price: $30 PRE-REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT IS REQUIRED. CALL TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE! SPACE IS LIMITED.
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Motorcycle Ride for the Horses!
Sept. 14th -- Rev your motors and strap on for the Ride for Horses motorcycle run! Vie for the grand prize while helping to support the Horse Rescue, Relief and Retirement Fund in its efforts to save horses from neglect, abuse and slaughter. Click here for the flyer and the registration form. Hope to see you all there!!
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These 3 Belgium mares need homes fast, at least temporary homes.
A loving family took a road trip to Alabama. Along the way they saw three very undernourished draft horses. The thought of the
horses starving and suffering couldn't get out of their minds so they approached the owner. After negotiating a price of $2000
for all three (more like a ransom), Patty, a SaveTheHorses volunteer, drove to Alabama and brought these sweet mares back to the
family's farm in Alpharetta. We all decided the family needed smaller more trained horses but would keep these mares until they were healthy.
As you can see from the photos, they are very healthy. The lightest color mare, Peachy, is 14 years old. Rapunzel is a 3 years old
and the last mare, Serendipity, is 7. If you can help in any way, please let us know.

We have many horses that need foster and permanent homes. Big and small, we have many needy horses. We have a waiting
list of horses to come in. Some horses need a pasture and some love, others need training and others have trust issues.
Please consider helping in some way so we can help more horses.
Top of Our Wish List
SaveTheHorses is looking for a large parcel of land, dreaming of 100+ acres within a few hours of Atlanta but we will
consider any offers. We are in dire need of a Sanctuary to keep the many unadoptable horses so they can live out their
lives in peace and comfort due to our economy and the numerous owner surrenders. If you can donate the land, the use of
the land or offer owner financing, it will be appreciated for many years to come.
The land will be used to keep the horses safe forever. It will also become a place for children to learn about horses
while they learn compassion, responsibility and life skills they will be able to use in their daily lives. It's a horse
rescue facility but it has also become a people rescue as well. People come here and find inner peace with the help of the
horses, a peace they did not know they were even looking for. Horse are the only domesticated animal we stand and look at
directly in their eyes, those kind gentle equine eyes. They reflect what they see in us and we all learn from them everyday.
Just ask any volunteer or visitor here at the farm.

We are growing and need more space. The high gas prices, high grain prices, the drought, the economy, it has all effected
many voiceless animals including horses. Our waiting list of horses to come is growing every day. We are trying to help any horse in need
and any horse owner in need. We can continue to do it only because of the generosity of all those people whose hearts the horses
have touched.



Come and join the fun! Be part of SaveTheHorses! Grow with us.
We are a 501c3 non profit run by volunteers.
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Making a Difference
What makes these individuals strive to make a difference in the world? Fame and fortune? Hardly—the
organizations they founded or operate are called nonprofits for a reason.
Their talents and abilities? That certainly helps, but it’s not really motivation.
Perhaps it’s that each one has a personal story behind the cause they want to further. And that they all
share the belief that the world is much bigger than themselves.
Who knows? After turning the last page, perhaps you’ll even want to add a new chapter to your life, starting
your own cause or jumping onboard one of these!
Horse Rescue, Relief & Retirement Fund
Making Happy Trails
Every child, at one point in his or her life, wants a pony. For those who actually get one, it’s obviously a
significant moment. It was for Cheryl Flanagan. While she didn’t get it until she was an adult (she actually
bought the pony for her children), it was the first horse to which her life was directly harnessed. And it
certainly wouldn’t be the last.
Soon after, the horse of a neighbor down the street routinely broke out and often wound up on Flanagan’s
property. After witnessing the ways the horse’s owners tried to wrangle him back into compliance, she suggested
a compassionate approach and eventually bought the horse from them.
“I soon became known as the person taking in animals,” Flanagan says. “I guess people thought I was a sucker.”
After further experiences of rescuing former race horses from slaughter by taking them in until finding new
homes, a friend encouraged Flanagan to establish a nonprofit organization to support her efforts. Through that
spurring, the Horse Rescue, Relief & Retirement Fund Inc. (HRRRFI) was established in 1998 to improve the quality
of life for all horses through rescue and rehabilitation from abusive situations and facilitate the successful
retirement of working horses.
In connection with HRRFI, the animal-lover Flanagan also started the Animal Rescue Fair at the Wills Park
Equestrian Center in 1998, an annual event held each April that has united nearly 100 rescue groups and vendors
across the Southeast and found new homes for more than 60 animals. She’s also lobbied in Washington, D.C. to
give animals a voice and protect them from being unnecessarily slaughtered.
But to be certain, Flanagan cares very much for people too, initiating therapeutic programs to help abused
women, troubled youth, and the physically and mentally handicapped through HRRRFI’s resident animals. “The way
people treat and interact with animals often mirrors the way they treat and interact with other people, and
horses can teach individuals about bettering their relationships— because it’s such a big animal, a horse
needs to be talked into cooperating.” Flanagan explains. “Likewise, it’s therapeutic for people with
disabilities to see and touch the different textures of animals, and walk around with them on the farm.”
770.886.5419
www.savethehorses.org
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GEORGIA HORSES NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
Yes, we do need hay, more hay then usual. The coming cold weather
forces us to use more hay to keep the horses comfortable on those very cold and sometimes wet night we have.
We are overrun with horses and not all horses have a warm stall at night. They have to seek shelter in the woods
and hay keeps them warm. Did you know a horse can lose 50 pounds or weight in one night? We buy hay rolls for
$60.00 up each and use about 80 in an average winter. With the prediction this year of having an unusually
cold winter, we will use more this year than ever before. We also use about 150-200 bales of hay a month not to
mention we average 90 bags of grain per week, that equals 9 TONS a month.
We are not funded by the government or the state. We do not get free food from feed companies or free
hay from the farmers. We do it through your generous donations and the little fundraising we do. Every dollar
helps. No amount is too small to help a horse in need. DONATE TODAY! or go to the
HRRRF Store to buy feed and hay for the horses.
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HOMES NEEDED
Foster and permanent homes needed for rescue horses. Some have special needs, some just need
regular care. If you have a little extra room in your barn and in your heart, please help the
horses. Within a few hours of Atlanta, GA. Will consider other areas of the SE.
Call 770-886-5419 or Email Horseinc@aol.com
WE NEED YOUR HELP!! With the influx of horses, the Horse Rescue, Relief and Retirement
Fund's feed bill is at an all time high of over $5000. You can help us by sending a donation in our name to
North Fulton Feed at 12950 Highway 9 North, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or click on our donation button.
Thank you.

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SPONSOR A RESIDENT
We have many permanent residents at the Rescue. Some are just too injured or abused to be
adoptable and some come to us as rescues but perform other task around the rescue such as
helping in our Therapeutic Riding classes. It cost us to feed, medicate and take care of these
horses. If you would like to sponsor one of our Resident Horses (they all need several sponsors)
please see our Resident page and choose one to sponsor.
In addition to giving money, you can come to the
rescue and see, brush or clean the stall of these residents. It's a great opportunity for people
that would like to know what is involved in caring for a horse.
Please, sponsor a Resident.
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Another Day in Paradise
Learn what its like around the rescue.

Acey and Pumpkin
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