Help a Rescue, with something you Throw Away

A new way to help a rescue - with something you throw away!

Help New England Equine Rescue help horses! http://www.newenglandequinerescues.com/

Write ~ RE: NEER TAGS ~ on the envelope, on the bottom left corner....

Nutrena / Triple Crown / Lucerne Farms ~ Dengi / Agway / Poulin

Thank you to the gals who went the extra mile and volunteered to do this for the horses!!!

It would be greatly appreciated and helpful to horses in need if you could please collect the following tags and / or UPC's for New England Equine Rescue & EMERGENCY FUND (to help people who are struggling to keep their horses fed in this economy so there are NO MORE starved horses!)....

Even if you do not buy these products - take the initiative and ask stables, horse owners, barns, farmers, in your area to collect for you to pick up every couple weeks; talk to your feed stores and see if you can leave a collection box etc..
Thank you!

Tags / UPC 's can also be held and dropped off to us at various fundraiser throughout the year...

Thank you in advance for helping to promote these programs
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Nutrena feed tags products include:
life design,
vitality,
legacy,
safe choice,
XTn, energx -
.35 cents each tag

empower =
50 cents.

triumph,
horse kwik ,
NW stretch hay extender,
10 cents each.

naturewise,
cargill milk plus,
dairy way and
dairy focus feeds,
20 cents each

loyall pet food,
river run dog food,
40 cents each,

all other nutrena grain products ( including chicken feed etc..)
10 cents each.

send to:
Cheryl Byam
7 Byam Rd
New Boston, NH 03070

OR

Mary Martin
3 Uptack Rd
Groveland, MA 01834

or there is a collection can at the register and on the BB at the
Essex County Co-op in Topsfield, Ma
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TRIPLE CROWN PARTNER'S PROGRAM INFO
(TC) STANDS FOR TRIPLE CROWN
.35 CENTS credit for each original proof of purchase for the products listed below.

TC 10 &14,
PERFORMANCE ETC LITE,
TC SENIOR,
TC GROWTH,
TC COMPLETE,
TC HERBAL,
TC 12 & 30 SUPPLEMENTS FORAGE PRODUCTS
.25 CENTS credit for each original proof of purchase.

TC GRASS FORAGE,
TC ALFALFA FORAGE
TC CONDITIONING CHAFF

On the Forage bags there should be a UPC bar code and to the left of that will be "Triple Crown Nutrition, Inc,"

mail Upc' s to
Amanda Raymond
74 Mountain Road
Burlington, MA 01803

or

Cindy Mickle
177 Red Fawn Rd
Brewster, MA 02631
(Cindy also takes Agway grain proofs - see below)

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AGWAY FOOD LABELS.

35 CENTS credit for each original proof of purchase for the products listed below
AGWAY SUPERIOR EXTRA LITE: PELLETED
AGWAY SUPERIOR GOLD PERFORMANCE: 10-10-10:TEXTURED
AGWAY SUPERIOR EMERALD 10-10-10
AGWAY SUPERIOR SENIOR: TEXTURED
AGWAY SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE: 10%, 12%, 14% TEXTURED & PELLETED
AGWAY MARE & FOAL RESPOND

.25 CENTS credit for each original proof of purchase for:
AGWAY EQUI-GEM 10% & 12% TEXTURED & PELLETED
AGWAY EQUI-GEM HIGH FIBER
AGWAY ALFALFA
AGWAY ALFALFA TIMOTHY CUBES

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Lucerne Farms rewards program (aka Dengi) worth 20 cents each:
need proof of purchase seal found on the back of Lucerne Farms forage feeds:

"totally Timothy,
hi-fibre,
alfa supreme, and
timothy plus alfalfa"

send to :
Amanda Raymond
74 Mountain Road
Burlington, MA 01803

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**POULIN:**
They give groups like us a 'Card Kit', I send those who use POULIN a card, when you buy grain it is punched, every punch is worth 25 cents. When the card is full (or a couple of cards), send it back to me...

NEER
1487 Boston Neck Rd
Saunderstown RI 02874
fatoldfarmwife@verizon.net

In the mean time, you can send all Poulin tags to:
Linda Davis
490 Moody Rd
Pike NH 03780


http://www.newenglandequinerescues.com/

Just another day in Hell, Vermont :(

I truly wish there was a new topic to write about. Like riding my horse in the sun and green grass for hours. Like the lawn needs mowing. Like the flowers are blooming and a warm breeze is gently blowing through the house. Instead, I have gusty, cold winds rattling the windows. Sending snow drifts all over the places we just shoveled. Having to use snow shoes to put out the hay in the fields. Like my poor little pug having asthma/esophageal swelling/irritation.

I just got done checking my emails. More and more bad news. Don't want to believe me? Sign up on a web site called pet-abuse.com for email updates on current, pending and closed cases in your area. My inbox has something daily from them. The world at it's worse. Then sign up for the rescue newsletters. Google horse neglect and see the thousands of hits.

No, I'm not all doom and gloom. It's a bad time of year for everyone. The weather is bad. The economy sucks. The hay prices are up, the supply is down, and the end to winter is not in sight. My truck is dead at the garage - the only good part about that is it made it home from South Carolina before it decided to die.

The good news is that my husband has a good job and jobs lined up through Christmas. We have a cord of wood downstairs, both the stoves are running at maximum capacity. We do have two trucks that are working. I have a new boss at work, so my schedule will slowly start returning to normal. My horses and other animals (besides poor Maggie) are all doing well. I pay the last $100.00 on my vet bill when I get paid this week. My girls are all well. My husband and I took our oldest up this morning to Randolph Tech Center, where she has been accepted for starting in the Fall. I do truly feel blessed. I just wish all families and all animals have what mine do.

So, the horses are in for the night, the farrier is due in the morning and it's predicted to be 44 degrees on Wednesday afternoon. I certainly hope so. It's 17 degrees right now with a brisk wind blowing. My ears are frozen! In to snuggle with Maggie beside the wood stove and warm up before I go to bed.

This is Insane! >:(

This is not only insane, it's absolutely heart-breaking. I'm absolutely beside myself.

There is a rescue group I get emails from on a regular basis. There is one I got the other day that made me sick to my stomach. I'm still a bit shocked by it all. I've been doing this rescue thing for a long time. Just when I think I have heard it all and nothing more will shock me, along comes something that just takes my breath away.

Horses starved to death,owners charged (WPRI.com)
Vet blames animal cruelty on tough economy

Updated: Thursday, 05 Feb 2009, 7:42 PM EST

Published : Thursday, 05 Feb 2009, 5:47 PM EST
Melissa Sardelli
Reported by: Sean Daly

WEST GREENWICH, R.I. (WPRI) -
Three horses are dead and now three Rhode Islanders are charged with animal cruelty.

In West Greenwich two horses were starved so severely that one of the
horses died, and the other one had to be euthanized. The horses lived on Backache Farm in West Greenwich.

In Lincoln, a man is accused of neglecting his horse's injury for so long that that horse had to be put down. The horse named Sadly, had a puncture wound to her foot.

In West Greenwich, a female foal named Shadow died of starvation, and
another horse Cody, was so malnourished that she had to be put to sleep.

"This horse was not sick in any way shape or form. This horse was a victim of starvation, malnutrition said," Dr. E.J. Finocchio.

"What is that like to see?" says Eyewitness News Reporter Sean Daly.

"It is horrendous to see a horse down on the ground, struggling to try
and get up," says Dr. Finocchio.

The vet at the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals believes the tough economy is to blame.

Ok, people. Get a clue. Do you really know how long it takes to STARVE A HORSE TO DEATH??? MONTHS! Not a few days. Not a few weeks. MONTHS AND MONTHS! Are people just so clueless or are they truly full of evil?

I feel guilty if I am at work and the boys are out and it starts snowing. I was feeling bad last night because I forgot to go to the grain store yesterday. So my horses got hay stretcher and carrots in place of their grain last night. (They also got their usual ration of hay.) Then I got up early and went to the grain store and bought grain and feed them 1/2 their nightly feed this morning. A bag of grain is not that much - I paid less than $18 bucks for a bag of grain. It will last me about 4 days. (Remember that I am graining 2 horses quite a bit, a couple of cups for the other three).

How do you cook and feed yourself when you know that you aren't even providing the minimum feeding for an animal in your care?

Owning a horse is not mandatory. It's not even a requirement. Having your license, driving a car, getting a job. Those things, for most of us, are necessities. Having a horse is NOT! If you can't provide for yourself, don't take on the responsibility of caring for another beating heart. Get a plant. That only needs water.

For those of you that know me, I'm rarely at a loss for words. This one has me speechless. Astounded. Heart-broken. Furious.

Yes, I know that all the rescues are over-flowing. Yes, I know the economy is taking a hit. Yes, I know that people are loosing their jobs. Yes, I know that life just sucks sometimes.

Do you not know someone, anyone, who, when you truly are desperate and don't have a thing to feed your horses, you can call and ask for help for them? Please tell me that they didn't put out a last ditch effort to save these horses? AND that someone turned down a plea for help for these horses?

Now, one thing I do know for certain. There IS a rescue just up the road from where this tragedy happened. I KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT that if this rescue were called, regardless of whether there was room in the inn, money in the budget, that these horses would have been welcomed with open arms.

Is it pure EVIL? Ignorance? Neglect? Lack of some social or moral fiber? Lack of knowledge? Intelligence? A BRAIN????

Had NO ONE witnessed these poor animals? Did NO ONE have the courage to step up and report this? Obviously not. These poor, poor horses. May they now be resting in peace. May there be a special place reserved in HELL for those that starve, mutilate, injure, maim, neglect or abuse animals.

The other thought that has been haunting me since I heard about this. How many more animals are there out there, in the same situation, waiting to be discovered?

PLEASE! If you know of ANY animal that needs help, contact your local vet, law enforcement, rescue, shelter, whomever. Don't worry about pissing off your neighbor. Don't worry about someone calling you names. DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE ANIMAL. They have no voice of their own. BE THEIR VOICE! And don't give up.

If you need help, please contact me. I will do everything I can to get help for that animal. I don't care if it's a horse, a rabbit, an emu, or a turtle. Every beating heart deserves to be given the basic requirements of food, water, shelter and vetting.

There is no excuse on this earth as to why ANY animal (or human) needs to starve to death in this day and age. We are beyond caveman days. NO ANIMAL OR HUMAN should have to tolerate abuse, neglect, violence, torture, starvation, for ANY reason at all.

Stand up for the animals. Be the voice that they do not have. Don't give up.

Ok. I'm done (for now). But, I truly and desperately hope, at the end of the day, when those poor excuses of human beings lie down in their bed, put their heads on their pillows, that they have never-ending, horrendous nightmares for the rest of their lives for what they did to those horses. And, even then, I will always believe that they got off too easy for what they did. Regardless of what legal and financial punishment they may or may not face. May they ROT IN HELL. FOREVER.