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Meet Mike.
This great guy was actually bought as a gag gift for someones wedding! He was brought to the wedding wearing a sign around his neck bearing a name of a memeber of the wedding party. After everyone had a good laugh and the wedding was over nobody knew what to do with the goat. Mike was bought with only one purpose after that his use was up. Which is just one more example of how animals are frequently seen as objects to be used for our amusement.
Lucky for Mike a compassionate wedding guest called two friends who dropped everything to come to Mike's rescue. They picked Mike up and took him home with them. He was fostered in their backyard until a permanent goat-friendly home could be found. We at Kindred Spirits Sanctuary were more then happy to help and welcomed Mike with open arms. Mike now has plenty of friends and enjoys spending time with one goat in particular, Hope! Mike in Hope are always side by side. They love to play fight and ram heads with each other. We are happy to provid Mike [and others in need] the happy home they deserve. |
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Meet Tori.
This beautiful horse is yet another vicitim of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management [BLM]. The Bureau of Land Management manages about 245 million acres of public lands. To keep the majority of those lands ready for the 18,000 of BLM permit holders - ranchers who graze livestock on these public lands - BLM has created the National Wild Horse and Burro Program. This appaling program gathers wild mustangs and burros by the thousands each year to make room for the ranchers: who use the lands on which the horses and burros live. After the animals are caught [by a terrifing process useing helicopters] they are sent to auction and sold to the highest bidder; no matter what the intentions may be. Some animals end up into the cruel world of rodeo while more still end up at slaughter. BLM also attempts to sell the mustangs and burros to private homes and claim these animals make wonderful pets.
Wild mustangs and burros are exactly that: Wild! They have the spirits of the wild horses and burros of the past and have all the fight and instincts of the wild animals they are. They are fighters and for these reasons do not make good pets. Tori was adopted by Kindred Spirits Sanctuary several years ago along with two other mustangs [mother Cora and son Cody] and two burros [Niomi and Ruth]. Our Florida climate is very different from the hot, arid desert. Unfortanitly this climate change poses a problem for these relocated beauties; our mustangs constantly deal with skin issues and coughing spells. Our mustangs and burros will never get to run free over grassy plains as they once did. They will never again be wild. We at Kindred Spirits strive to make their life with us as natural as possible. Tori now lives in a spacious paddock and spends her days grazing with her best friend Cody. These icons of the American west still need our help. To learn more and see how you can help visit:
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/wild_horses/ |
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