From Jim: We had a pretty serious thunder cell make it's way over the sanctuary yesterday afternoon. Some rain and hail, but some big-time lightning and thunder. The horses were quite certain it was the END. They herded up and ran. It's what they do. None were injured. No one hit with a lightning bolt, but, boy howdy, they were on the move. We put out a whole bunch of feed and they, like always, gave into their "inner-horse needs", got their heads down and got down to business eating. It's amazing to have moments like that. Their power and speed is always so impressive. Being out with them at times like that really requires that you pay attention and stay out of the way. That said, it was pretty neat to watch them go at it. I'm going for hay today. It's what I do about every 5 days, sixty bales each time. Soon I'll need to get the big trailer back and start moving 100 bales at a time to save fuel. We can move hay for around 50 cents a bale-not bad. For everyone that sent a donation, Thank You. We hoping that a few more folks will join it. The local paper printed up a nice story about the needs of the sanctuary. We sure appreciated that. Some folks came up with some ideas for fund raising and I'm pretty sure you'll hear more about that. All in all, we going forward, a day at a time. We are deeply committed to what we do. We think these animals deserve to have a safe and caring place to live out their lives. What good does it do to rescue them, it they have nowhere to go and they're simply put down? It keeps the suffering down, no doubt about that, but, it doesn't allow for the joy that a quiet retirement brings. Hope we, as a people and society can do better with this issue. Judging by your wonderful responses, I'm thinking maybe we can! Hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy every moment of it.
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