Iri, our 2006 nurse mare foal...playing in the sun

 

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We have started a  fundraising campaign to help out our furry friends in need. Its so simple, everyone can be involved!

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The horses need your help!

 This year we   are focusing on trying to find  sponsors to help with the rising cost of hay, feed, bedding, vaccinations, wormer, vetting, transport and other daily rescue expenses. We can always use volunteers and foster homes to help with the horses. If anyone is interested in sponsoring a horse or contributing to any of these needs, please feel free to contact us!

 

Mountain View Rescue Volunteer Program

Volunteers are an important part of MVR.  We welcome those who wish to participate in offering new lives to the horses, ponies, foals and all other animals that have had less than happy pasts. Experience working with horses is not a requirement.

Volunteers must be at least 12 years of age, though minors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian when at the rescue. We look forward to working with you to make MVR a safe haven for our equine residents and to help the owners of equines keep their horses healthy, happy and at home.

If you are interested in helping MVR, please download a Volunteer Questionnaire, a Liability Waiver and a copy of the Farm Rules.  After reviewing the documents, email mountainviewrescue@yahoo.com or call 270-634-4680 to arrange your initial visit and tour.  Please bring the signed documents with you at that time.

MVR welcomes clubs, school and college classes, scout troops, church groups and members of any other organization interested in a group project or seeking a way to meet community service requirements.

 

There are several ways you can be involved with providing horses across the U.S. with a brighter future.

 Volunteer with a rescue near you, even if it is once a week to muck stalls, provide foster care for animals in need, be an advocate for rescued animals, find prospective homes willing to adopt, call your senators and congressmen, support your local rescues public fund raising activities, report abuse, do site checks for adopted animals, or contribute financially to a rescue near or far.

Below are several avenues to get you started on your journey.

 

Join in and sign your name to a petition, call a congressman, become active in this fight for humane treatment of animals every where. Below are several links to get involved-

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The rescue is in need of foster homes in central KY. We are really focusing on the Lexington area. If you or anyone you know could be of assistance, please contact us, it will be greatly appreciated!

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This link is from the Washington Watch..  We are trying to get the attention of the legislators to pass the two bills in Congress now, to prohibit the transport of our horses for slaughter.  Currently, they are not killing in the US, but until these bills are passed, our horses suffer horrible transport and death in Mexico and Canada.   S311 is the senate bill, HR503 is the house bill. 

Please use this link to vote FOR the passage of these bills.  Click on the bill number, then look to the right and you will see where to vote for the bills.  Use your vote to let the legislators know what the majority of the American public wants!

 No registration or anything else just a couple clicks

Thank you everyone!

 

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/subject/172.html

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NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION!

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/a-personal-challange-a-call-to-action

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Watch Humane Society slaughter transport video, then take action!

 

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Dear Friend of Wild Horses,
The House National Resources Committee will be voting on H.R. 249, the bill that would reverse the Burns Amendment to the 1971 Wild Horses and Burros Act. In 2004 Burns inserted a stealth rider in the Appropriations bill that allowed for all wild horses over the age of ten to be sold for slaughter.
Representatives Whitfield and Rahall reintroduced H. R. 249 to repeal this dangerous amendment that would allow more than 9,000 wild horses to be sold for slaughter.

For information on telephone numbers for your Congressional person check www.house.gov
This is critical to the protection of America's wild horses.

Sign the Wild Horse Petition here.
http://www.thepetit ionsite.com/ takeaction/ 166841148? ltl=1173235894

 

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A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.  ~Pam Brown
 

 

Please remember that even though we are a registered non-profit in the state of KY, until we receive our 501c(3) status, any donations made will not be tax deductible. We are in the process of filing and it should not be too long now! But please don't let that stand in the way of helping these animals have a better life & brighter future!