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Animal Acres Help is Needed
Dozens of volunteers are needed to help Animal Acres rescue, transport, and care for over 150 goats, cattle, chickens, pigs and other animals in urgent need of rescue in San Diego County Thursday, April 15 through Sunday, April 18th.
I am reposting this from the urgent action letter sent by Animal Acres. If you have any questions or want to donate time or money, please contact them directly at: info@animalacres.org or call 661-269-5404.
Details about the rescue are as follows:
Right now, these animals are languishing at an abusive hoarder facility for farmed animals. Though the owner called it the “Purple Cow Sanctuary” (PCS), the conditions we witnessed there are worse than many of the “backyard butcher” operations we have seen.
The animals are extremely thin, infested with parasites, and covered in sores and mange. There is no housing or protection for the animals to escape severe weather conditions – only dilapidated pens and awnings that are falling down. The “feed” barn is filled with old containers of oats, and mice-infested bags of pinto beans. The fenced pens are severely overcrowded, and the goats are being bred to produce milk for the owner. To view a short video and for further information on the case, please visit our website: www.animalacres.org
Please be a farmed animal rescuer by joining us this week to bring these animals to safety. You can help by:
1. Helping load animals at PCS in San Diego County (Valley Center) beginning on Thursday, April 15th and the last day of loading (hopefully!) on Sunday, April 18th. The loading will be difficult because of the terrain and we cannot do it without volunteers to hold portable gates and chutes to move the goats and pigs. We will need a large team of rescuers – especially on Thursday, April 15 and Friday, April 16 to move the goats. You can either meet us at Animal Acres on rescue days at 8:30 a.m. to carpool (directions are on the VISIT section of our website), or meet us off Interstate 15 at 11:30 a.m.
? From Temecula; Drive about 18 miles south on I-15.
? Take the GOPHER CANYON RD/OLD CASTLE RD Exit, Go 0.2 mi. EAST
? FIRST STOPLIGHT there is a parking lot on the right on the corner of Gopher Canyon and Champagne Blvd. — park in here for rescue carpool (if parking lot is full, park just past on side of road.)
If you can help any of these days, please email: info@animalacres.org or call 661-269-5404. Rescue volunteers are encouraged to pack food and beverages as the rescue will take several hours each day.
2. Helping care for the new rescued animals, as well as the current animals at Animal Acres. We have two full time caregivers, and these caregivers are currently needed to provide quality care for the 176 animals currently residing at Animal Acres. We will be DOUBLING our animal population, and at a minimum, it will take two months to rehabilitate the rescued animals (since the animals have mange/parasites) and three to four additional months to place all of the animals into loving forever homes. Once the animals arrive, we will need volunteers every day of the week to help care for the PCS animals and the current animals at Animal Acres.
Animal Caregiver volunteers need to arrive between 10 – 11 a.m. and commit to a three hour animal care job. Volunteers are welcome to bring a vegan picnic lunch to enjoy with the birds in our courtyard!
Thank you for being a farmed animal rescuer, too.
All Natural or Not
I have been doing so much research on the many varieties of treats for dogs and horses. I have to admit that there are so many processed treats, too many to count! But there are not half as many all natural treats.
You have apples that you can feed your horse, thats natural. You have peanut butter you can give your dog, thats natural.
There are treats that you can hide inside of dog toys.
When you look at the ingredients, are do you look at the ingredients, do you know what you are looking for?
With that said, What do you choose? Let me know your choices. What do you usually purchase?
Animal Love
- Can I please?
Does your dog or horse have a face like this? I call this the pathetic look.
Penelope the Therapy Pet
This is a video that has been created to show the great work our therapy pet, Penelope has done! We are hoping with grant money to buy a wheelchair accessible cart. Please watch this as I know everyone can appreciate the special fun that Penelope has with all of her new friends.
Learning Experience
Right off the top of my head I know my dogs can teach me patience and unconditional love. The horses can teach me absolute awareness, among other things.
Our pets expect nothing from us but to be fed, have a nice place to sleep and attention once in a while.
What could you learn from your pets? Or what lessons have you learned from them?
Animal Massage
What activities do you do with your horse?
The deep bonds acquired with your horse can allow each of you to find fun in all that you do. A horse can be a part of your life for many reasons. But no matter what the reason, you have to care for it to maintain that trust and bonding relationship that you have developed.
Since their bodies are made up of huge muscles to the maximize power when exercising they need to be addressed. The muscles can be addressed in a technique called equine massage, regardless of the activity.
As with people massage, equine massage addresses
• Increased circulation
• Eliminate toxins from the body
• Increased flexibility
• Increase Muscle tone
• Increase Range of motion
• Relief of pain due to over use of muscles or trigger points (knots) in the muscles
• Stress relief
The activities of the horse, massage therapy greatly increases the muscle tone for greater strength ability. Massage may also lessen the injury potential in your horse. If your horse is injured, providing massage will assist in the healing process by providing fresh oxygenated blood to the injury area, deeply assisting the healing process.
Look for the next article on Reiki for animals.