OUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND DEDICATION GIVES THEM
A CHANCE FOR A NEW LIFE
To be a good rescue, you must be able to provide health
care, and the training each horse needs to become a happy, and well adjusted
companion. Without training, you send the horse back into an unstable
environment. We don't set up our rescues to fail. We want them to be adopted
into loving homes, where the horse and human benefit
All Breeds... All Colors... All
Precious...
GIVE THE
GIFT OF LIFE A
beautiful card, featuring one of our rescues will be sent to
the recipient
to acknowledge your life giving gift.
501(c)3 Non-Profit
ALL Donations Tax Deductible
SEND A DONATION IN YOUR NAME, OR
IN THE NAME OF A LOVED ONE,
TO HELP RESCUE AND CARE FOR AN ABUSED HORSE.
STARVATION, DEATH, DYING AND SLAUGHTER IS A
DAILY EVENT FOR ALL THE UNWANTED HORSES, DONKEYS, MULES, AND
BURROS IN THIS COUNTRY. A HORRIBLE DEATH ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT
IT, AND EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW - THEY DIE!!
Break Heart's mission is to save as many of
these destitute animals as possible.
ALL BREEDS, ALL COLORS,
ALL AGES, ALL PRECIOUS, AS POSSIBLE, FROM KILLER BUYERS FOR
SLAUGHTER. WE CAN NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP,
whether a horse lover from Nebraska, or an animal lover from
this great country!!
At
Break Heart Ranch we are all about rescue, rehabilitation,
education and training for starved, abandoned, abused &
throw-away horses.
Val offers a second
chance for the abused horse to fit in by showing that horse that
people can be kind and loving. Val also accepts horses with
medical problems that have overwhelmed the owner. With her
horse expertise and lots of TLC she
will strive to bring that horse back to health.
501 (c) 3 Non-Profit
ALL DONATIONS TAX DEDUCTIBLE
Make a difference!!!
Your reward will be priceless!
Please check out our success stories on this site!!
The photos on this page feature horses that were unwanted,
starving or saved from slaughter
AMERICAS
HORSES, MUSTANGS, BURROS,
MULES AND DONKEYS IN TROUBLE.
Horses have been dying an
inhumane death all year long. Age, color, breeding will not
save them. They continue to go to Mexico and Canada to
slaughter under the most horrific conditions, only to die a more
horrific death.
The thousands of hours
worked by the anti-slaughter campaign, was thrown away by
political slight of hand. More horses will pay with their
lives because of this, and all the hard work to stop the barbaric
slaughter of American horses for human consumption must begin
again. Now the recession in the economy has hit horses with
it's decimating hand, and horses again will pay with their lives.
Horses that had loving,
secure homes, have now joined those abandoned, starved and abused
horses. People can't afford to
keep them with rising fuel, feed and hay costs.
The calls have started.
Can you take my horse? I have had him/her or them 10, 20
years or more, but I have lost my job, my home, or am on a fixed
income. These people are losing their beloved animals, not
from lack of caring, but the economy. Unfortunately, these people
are preyed on by kill buyers, just as those that don't care what
happens to
their
horses are preyed on. It just takes a little more finesse to
convince a horse lover that you will care for, and keep safe a
life long companion. Easy, because the owners want to
believe their horses are going to a loving home.
It is not a great time to be
a rescue in America. We are affected by the economy as well,
and donations and sponsors make all the difference as to whether
we can take in another horse, whether a personal horse, or a
rescue. Even the price of fuel can determine if you make a
trip to pick up a injured horse, that you know will have to be
humanely euthanized,
is determined by the funds available.
I DO NOT WANT THE LACK OF FUNDS FOR FEED OR
VET CARE TO FORCE ME TO TURN AWAY A HORSE IN NEED.
THAT IS WHY DONATIONS AND SPONSORS ARE SO CRUCIAL TO US!
WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE CANNOT SURVIVE THIS
DEVASTATING CRISIS. WE NEED YOU TO HELP US, AND WE NEED YOUR
SUPPORT NOW! THEY DIE, THEY DID NOT ASK FOR THIS
DEATH, OR TO STARVE, OR TO BE THE OBJECT OF A SICK, ABUSIVE
PERSON.
WITH
YOUR HELP, WE CAN HELP THOSE IN NEED, OR AT LEAST BE THERE WITH A
SOFT WORD AND GENTLE TOUCH, AS WE HELP THEM PASS FROM THIS HARSH
WORLD, HUMANELY, WITH DIGNITY AND LOVE.
DONATIONS CAN COME IN MANY FORMS: MONEY,
FEED, FENCING, FOSTERING, AND MORE. WE DO NOT TURN ANY
HELP OR DONATIONS AWAY. IF YOU ARE THINKING OF WHAT WE
MIGHT BE BEST ABLE TO USE PLEASE SEE "HOW TO HELP".
"In pain, in need of solace, or letting the tears run free, I
bury my face in the warm, fragrant neck, of my equine companion,
and I am whole
again".
Val Hinderlider
2008
Thursdays Horses
What do the following horses have in common?
A twenty year old gelding, wearing a brand new red halter
A healthy 5 year old pregnant mare
A 4 year old untrained stallion
A 26 year old mare that loves children and is well trained
A registered gelding out of top bloodlines, a well trained
ranch horse
A young filly out of a Land Management holding pen
They are all waiting in a kill buyers lot for a trailer to
carry them to a slaughter house.
Once loaded they will endure a horrendous trip without food,
water, or care until they unload at a slaughter house in
either Mexico, or Canada. If some greedy people here in the
United States get their way, possibly here in this country ,
The older gelding was offered on an internet listing. T hey
asked for a good home, but didn’t or wouldn’t bother to
check the person who came for him. A kill buyer, who stalks
the list looking for cheap or free horses. Maybe the owners
didn’t want to know where he ended up. All his life he had
served them well. He deserved better. He had earned better.
His little rider was reassured he was in a fine, loving
home. He was crushed to death on his ride to the slaughter
house. His red halter a testimony that he had been well
loved- once
The mare was a results of a back yard breeder. Once she was
pregnant they decided they didn’t want to bother. Too much
problem and expense. The young mare aborted her foal on the
trip, and the foal was trampled beneath the feet of the
other horses, and donkeys crammed in the hot, airless
trailer with her. She didn’t have enough room to nuzzle her
baby
The older mare had been a kids horse all her life. The kill
buyer bought her at an auction. Her humans didn’t/wouldn’t
believe that we send our horses to die such a horrible
death. They wanted to believe she had found a good home.
The little mare couldn’t understand her hurtful treatment. She went to slaughter looking for her beloved humans in
every face
The ranch geldings family had fallen on hard times. They had
lost their job, their home, and their way of life. They had
tried to find him a good home, but with no takers, they had
given up looking. They didn’t realize there are other
alternatives
The little BLM filly had been orphaned during a terrifying
roundup, where her Mother had been killed. She had been
adopted to a new home, but misunderstanding and lack of
knowledge on Mustangs has brought her to auction, where her
large size made her fodder for a kill buyers lot
Ignorance, lack of responsibility, and the disastrous
economy is killing our American horses. Those same three
things are responsible for trying to bring back slaughter to
the United States.
How many times do the American people tell our government
that we do not want our horses slaughtered! How long will
it take for us to realize we are a “throw away” nation that
will not take responsibility
We have horses here, that are the results of “back yard
breeding”. Wrong color, wrong sex, etc. Just because there
was a stallion and mare. No thought for what would happen to
the offspring. Someone else's problem, no doubt. We have
done this with cats and dogs, and now horses. A little
harder to shove behind the couch though, huh?
Is it too much to ask that a horse that has served
faithfully be given a chance at another profession, or
retired to live out the rest of their lives? If ill, or
badly injured, why must they endure additional pain and
suffering, when humane euthanasia can be given? Where is
our humanity? To use and destroy should not be our legacy. I
hear time and time again how expensive it is. To do the
responsible thing is expensive. Then don’t continue to breed
them, and tear them from their native birth place. Most of
all stop exploiting them. Simple, but it would take some
thought and effort. The answer is not beyond us. A painful
and inhumane death is not the answer. What is the answer ?
Everyone must be responsible for the lives in their care,
this includes breeding. Simple. There are hundreds of
thousands of responsible horse owners. Join us in caring for
these amazing animals
Val
Hinderlider 2009
THE FOLLOWING
VIDEO IS A GRAPHIC LOOK AT THE HORRIBLE WAY OUR EQUINES ARE TORTURED AND KILLED.
PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, ( AND IS ON
FILE) TO USE THE FOLLOWING VIDEO
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