Silent Voices Equine Rescue

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Grace, Holle, Ruth and Maria came to us because the current laws failed to protect them from starvation.
Their previous owner was subject to an Animal Cruelty Investigation and decided to let go of the most
visual evidence by taking them to an auction. Silent Voices Rescue had offered to buy any horse from him after he refused to accept our help with feeding them. We received information about their fate and were able to purchase them at auction before they most likely would have ended up on their way to slaughter or a feedlot. We brought these four horses to their new homes on June 26, 2009.
Grace, Holle, Ruth and Maria stand as an example of something that happens every day in our country:
horse rescue organizations step in where our law enforcement fails!
These and many other horses receive protection from individual people. They do not receive protection from animal cruelty law enforcement.

When the girls first arrived at their new home it took around the clock care and a meticulous feeding regiment to get them better. We also could not get very close to them. Holle received her name from a german children's story that Doro had grown up with: "Mrs. Holle was a wonderful character who lived in the sky. Every morning she hung her featherbeds out the window, shook them and made clouds with the feathers." Little Holle had never seen shavings in her life so her favorite occupation was to sleep in "her cloud" unless she was busy eating. Grace and Holle slowly learned how to feel safe and trust. They both had scarring on their faces from halters that they had grown into. So, it took extra patience to erase the memory of that when the time came to "get dressed". Now they love people and are easy to handle. They both have found a wonderful foster home until winter comes.
Grace and Holle are available for adoption. Please contact Doro for more information: equi-librium@cox.net.

6/27/2009 Holle 8/5/2009 Holle

6/27/2009 Grace 8/5/2009 Grace

Starved and neglected horses become susceptible to many terrible conditions, one being lice. Both Maria and Ruthie had chewing lice when rescued. It caused open sores over much of their body, including their head and legs. The lice caused them a lot of hair loss, itching and pain. Their manes had been chopped off to get rid of dreads and Maria hardly had a tail. A starved horses tail will fall out from malnutrition and other horses will eat them out of desperation as well. Their feet were long and uncared for.

The mares were both scared of people and anxious about being touched. Their extreme hunger helped them overcome their fear, and they soon learned humans represent comfort and trust, as well as food! They have become easy to handle and love grooming and bathing. Maria is a branded mustang, and they are both very sweet mares.
Maria and Ruthie are available for adoption. Please contact Judy for more information: info@silentvoicesrescue.org.

6/27/2009 Maria 8/13/2009 Maria

6/27/2009 Ruthie 8/13/2009 Ruthie

6/27/2009 Ruthie and Maria 8/13/2009 Maria and Ruthie

Dolly and Paulina

Dolly is a 11 year old mammoth donkey who was surrendered to us in the summer of 2009. Due to an untreated infection, Dolly’s left rear hoof eventually separated and left her with only a stump. Her remaining three hoofs were in severely neglected condition leaving her with not much to stand on. It seemed more humane to euthanize her, except Dolly was very clear about wanting to live without any apparent reason. After nothing short of an “extreme makeover”, her three feet were reconstructed under anesthesia and her healing process began.

Two weeks after her arrival she unexpectedly delivered her daughter Paulina and her will to live suddenly became clear to us. Dolly and Paulina have been members of Doro and Julian’s family along with many other eccentric creatures. Dolly has been most patient about the daily bandaging of her stump for the past year and she is finally ready to receive a prosthesis.

After much research we were thrilled to eventually connect with a team of experienced veterinarians in this field. It has been determined that Dolly needs to undergo surgery in order to remove painful bone spurs on her stump before a prosthesis can be fitted.

After having come this far we realize that this surgery is more than our organization can finance and we are hoping that Dolly’s story of hope, determination and love will send help in the form of donations. Any contribution is greatly appreciated and will be used to give Dolly a life without pain.

It has been an honor to have her in our lives and we are grateful for the lessons she teaches us every day.

To end her life if she can’t receive a new foot is unimaginable but the only option we will be left with.

We would like to thank the many wonderful people who have taken Dolly and Paulina into their hearts and have given support in so many tremendous ways.