,July 12 , 2024:

For sometime I’ve been meaning to write a blog and social media posts about a farm in New Brunswick, Canada and a husband and wife team who have partnered with a non profit organization to help Canadian Veterans.  Both are military veterans.

Their property has been developed to support veterans in various stages of healing and part of that process involves Equine Assisted Learning.  (Horses, as our supporters know, are GREAT therapy.)

Additionally, they have been incredibly generous and regularly contributed to — and even developed — programs to help feed locals, including seniors and children.

Although the Veteran part of what they are so graciously doing is supported by a not for profit, the care of 8 rescued horses who otherwise would have ended up in danger of being slaughtered for meat,  is NOT supported by the Veteran not for profit.  

(Not for profit status in Canada is granted by the CRA and has very specific rules and obligations.)

The vetting, feeding, hoof care of 8 rescued horses in the care of the 2 veteran farm owners till now has been taken care of with their personal finances.

The last two horses they took in are in need of veterinarian care including teeth, vaccines, and of course regular farrier care – and will add an extra expense to the hay and feed bill for this winter.

In an ideal world they would be able to take in more horses instead of constantly having to turn away horses at risk of being slaughtered – including requests from rescues and sanctuaries who are at capacity.

But for now they are seeking financial assistance to help with their latest 2 intakes.

The 2 most recent horses were loved but unfortunately their owner lost her home and was unable to take the horses with her.

Temporarily Ice and Del were left with some hay and water but they were found loose multiple times and becoming a hazard on the road.

Del, an Arabian gelding, is 20 plus years of age and finding a home for a horse of that age is never an easy task.

The second horse, a mid-teens thoroughbred named Ice, is also a hard to place horse because of a history of issues including re-occurring abscesses which are evident on her hooves.

Neither had been vet checked in some time or vaccinated in the recent years.

Both are safe, and the owners of Philomena Farms are committed to their care but financial support with these two would help them take on even more horses who are at risk of being shipped to slaughter.