URGENT! Belgian Draft Horse with severe eye injury was scheduled to go to slaughter needs your HELP!

Episode 49
If you are new to this channel Cory and I purchased a 43 acre farm in February of 2022 and rescued 6 Belgian Draft horses from shipping to slaughter. Since the original six were rescued we additionally rescued two others from kill pens as well. Check out some of our older videos to see our story.

However, this video is very personal to us because we need your help! On Friday March 17th, while scrolling through Facebook I came across a horse that was scheduled to ship on the next slaughter truck to Mexico. The reason this horse stood out to me was because he has suffered horrible abuse and his right eye has been poked out! I started networking to see if someone was going to take the horse and as of 3:30pm on Friday no one had paid for him. I was not going to let this horse end up at slaughter so I paid for him and rescued him. There were groups that said they would pick him up but he was not paid for...therefore he was not safe!

A Coggins test was done on Friday and results should be back on Monday. We have scheduled transport for Tuesday and made arrangements with our vets office to bring him there on our way home from Kemp, TX. From the pictures our vet thinks his eye needs to be removed but she will not be able to tell until she sees him in person.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
Over the last few months, Cory and I along with three amazing women that I don't know what I would do without them in my life, Jeannine Residori, Kara Wray and Michelle Raney...we have all started the Big Hoof Foundation! We will be rescuing horses like these who have been abused, neglected and dumped at kill lots. Our goal is saving more lives! We have been approved for 501(c)3 status and are a certified non-profit. We are working to get the foundation off the ground and more details on the foundation will be given soon. Right now we are focusing on saving lot#269 and getting him the medical care he needs.

We need your help to raise money to cover the costs of lot#269 (who needs a name) and getting the foundation moving forward. Donations are going to be temporarily accepted on the Fletcher Farms Amarillo website on a page dedicated to the Big Hoof Foundation since we do not have a website created yet.

https://www.fletcherfarmsamarillo.com/big-hoof-foundation

We need to raise about $3500 to cover the following...
Bail - $1,175
Transportation - estimate $300
Eye surgery - Estimate from the vet $300-$800
Aftercare - Medications, blood work, etc. ($ amount unknown)
Feed - approximately $20 per day (free choice hay and Alfa Pro)

All donations are now tax deductible since we have created the foundation and lot#269 is our first official rescue! If you would like a donation letter please send us an email at bighooffoundation@gmail.com

Thank you so much for your support! We can not thank you enough! We will definitely have more updates on Tuesday when we pick him up and I will try and do a live video when we pick him up.

Find us on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest @FletcherFarmsAmarillo

Thank you to everyone that has sent us gifts of Alfa Pro, we truly appreciate your support and can't thank you enough!

We have had questions asking if we have an Amazon wish list to help with supplies for the horses. Now that the foundation is up and running we will be putting together an Amazon wish list. If you would like to send a gift/donation of feed (Alfa Pro, hay, etc) to the horses you can send that through our local feed store.

Ranchers Supply and HF&C have offered to help us with anyone wanting to send a gift of Alfa-Pro to the horses. When you call, tell them you are sending a gift to Fletcher Farms Amarillo and they will add the gifts to our account. Alfa Pro is $17.50 per 50lb. bag plus tax at Rancher Supply and $18.25 per bag at HF&C. WE go through about 2-1/2 bags per day to feed all the 8 horses. We also purchase hay and alfalfa from Ranchers Supply which is used to feed the horses and donkeys.

Thank you to all of our subscribers and followers for your support, for your kindness and generosity! We are grateful for everything and don't know what we would do without your support!

Ranchers Supply
8048 River Road Amarillo, Texas 79108
https://rancherssupplyamarillo.com
Phone: (806) 383.2181

Monday-Friday 8am-6pm
Saturday 8am-4pm
Sunday Closed

HF&C Supply Amarillo
10410 I-27 Amarillo, TX, 79119
https://hfandc.com
Phone: (806) 622-9800
Mon – Fri: 8AM- 6PM (Central Time)
Saturday: 8AM – 3PM
Sunday: CLOSED

Thank you to Ranchers Supply and HF&C Amarillo for your continued support in helping all of our animals!