Six Horses Saved From Slaughter in Maine

Six Horses Saved on  WABI TV        21 July 2009   See the Video at:    http://www.wabi.tv/news/6759/from-slaughter-to-graceland

PRISCILLA and CAROLE-TERESE Visit  THE BOYS in Virginia & at Graceland

On July 25, 2007, an email arrived on my desk. An actual Family of Six Horses in Maine was slated for slaughter.  My attempts to buy them directly failed. 

Two days later, the entire Family was sold to a slaughter dealer.

Their precarious plight reached across the nation via email. And like magic, assistance from these states and others – Kentucky, Ohio, Nevada, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia – began to arrive. Offers of homes. Donations. Moral support.
 
Concerned Mainers rallied. We bought the entire family from the dealer the next morning. Now the Six Horses are safe. They are embraced by all who hear their story. They escaped, unlike so many betrayed horses lost to slaughter. 

Their names are Dad Sunny, Mom Prancer, and kids Louden, Vixen, Merlin and Max. They are a cohesive and peaceful Family unit, as you can further explore in Meet the Family. They are not halter-trained.  Rather, they are carrot-trained.  In the photo above, they stand alert and expectant, waiting for those carrots to arrive.  

In January, 2008, Priscilla Presley adopted Max, one of the Six.  Max is now safe and sound, living at Graceland with his equine friends Candy and Sun.  We are grateful for the wonderful support of our celebrity patroness.  As for his part, Max is loved and enjoying his own special brand of celebrity status at Graceland.  Learn the whole wonderful story in Max Moves to Graceland   

By June of 2009, all the horses continue to do well.  Max is truly a star at Graceland.  We have moved the other boys - Sunny, Merlin and Louden - to Virginia for the winter.  They live on a pastoral estate there and are settled and happy. The girls remain here in Maine for the moment. Later this year, we will reunite the family. 

The horses have grown a great deal since first rescued. They learned to trust the people who work with them.  They no longer run from the sight of a halter.   Rather, they bow their heads in cooperation, looking for that treat expected after they do so.  A gentle family, they have been gentled in the way they understand, and never treated roughly.  For details on their progress, check out Updates. 

All are permanently safe from slaughter forever.  All is good for the Family of Six. 

For those who have helped with this endeavor to date, thank you. This has been a team effort all along, with many poeple contributing all along the way.  

Please work on behalf of changing the law to end horse slaughter, which should indeed be illegal.  Become more informed about the cruel reality in End Horse Slaughter. 

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On behalf of those united to help the Six Saved, as their magical journey continues,

Carole-Terese Naser

Director, Board of Protectors for Six Horses Saved       June 2009   

caroleterese@fairpoint.net

Photo Credit to Toni Donovan for our signature Six Horses photo.