Blue Ridge Rescue

Millie was starved and within days of dying when she arrived at Blue Ridge Rescue. After not only suffering from neglect and starvation, she was sent by her owner to a kill pen at auction in Iowa where she was left with her half sibling to be sold for slaughter. Blue Ridge Rescue was there that day and Millie was purchased by the rescue along with her sibling (who was later named Dusty) and 2 other starved yearlings.

Blue Ridge Rescue intervened and saved Millie from a horrific ending to her life and from the suffering of starvation. Millie is an amazing rescue recovery story. When she arrived at Blue Ridge Rescue, she was all bones and only weighed about 300 lbs at over a year old. Now Millie, at three, weighs close to 900 lbs! Millie was saved, rehabilitated, and adopted out to a lady who was a novice to horses but knew it was love at first sight the day she met Millie. Millie, no longer skinny, but instead healthy and beautiful later became her personal mount. She trained Millie to ride and now uses her for recreation, to herd cattle, for shooting sports and field trials.

Millie's new owner later adopted two more rescues from Blue Ridge and rides them all. Unfortunately for Millie's half sibling, Dusty, he passed away only a few days after arriving at Blue Ridge because of the same neglect Millie had suffered.

Blue Ridge was thankful for the small amount of time they had with him and knowing he passed away in a stall with comfort rather than on a slaughter truck to Canada. He was too thin and did not have enough energy and life left to go on. However, Millie gave us the hope to continue our rescue efforts and, as of April, 2011, Blue Ridge Rescue has rescued and placed over 200 equines.

Blue Ridge Rescue needs your support in continuing our efforts in rescuing unwanted, neglected and slaughter-bound horses and other equines. Thank you for taking the time to read this and we hope you will visit our website.

Casey Smith
Founder/Director
www.BlueRidgeRescue.org

Blue Ridge Rescue
PO Box 203
Blue Grass Iowa 52726