Willie Nelson has invited the press to his Texas Ranch this Saturday, November 4, to met with him and T. Boone Pickens, according to Habitat For Horses, Inc.Â
Here’s their press release:
What:Â Â Â Â Photo opportunity with Willie Nelson and the adopted horses
Where:Â Â Willie’s Ranch, 1100 Bee Creek Road, Springdale, TX 78669
When:Â Saturday, November 4, 12 noon
Why:Â Raise awareness of horse protection issues
Habitat for Horses, Inc. announced today that Willie Nelson and his family will host a media reception to introduce the eleven new horses which they adopted from the organization in early October, to the public. These horses, including six yearlings and four pregant mares, are among the last of the renowned Edwards paint horses – representing twenty-five years of breeding by Doug Edwards, a founding member of the American Paint Horse Association. The former owner bought these horses at a rigged auction – a type of auction set up for buyers who intend to purchase horses in quantity, then sell them to slaughterhouses where they are butchered for human consumption. The auction where the Nelson’s horses were sold featured 301 paint horses, and it has been confirmed that at least 80 of those were in foal and were slaughtered for meat. In late August, officials at Habitat for Horses were alerted that eleven paint horses were going to be sent back to auction where they would likely meet the same fate as their herd mates. The organization raised the funds needed to purchase them and placed them in a temporary foster home.
Amy Nelson, who had met representatives of Habitat for Horses at September’s American Horse Slaughter Prevention Rally in Washington D.C., heard the story of the paint horses and notified her father, Willie, who immediately agreed to adopt them all. The horses are currently in good health in their great new home, each and every one a living testimony to the 90,000 horses that were not able to escape slaughter this past year.
Habitat for Horses (HfH) is a not-for-profit equine protection agency committed to the prevention, rescue and rehabilitation of neglected, abused and homeless horses. The largest organization of its kind in North America, HfH operates a rehabilitation ranch in Hitchcock, Texas, as well as a growing network of foster homes throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The organization has taken a leadership role in horse protection issues and has been instrumental in developing and promoting legislation to eliminate the slaughter of American horses.
CONTACT:
Jerry Finch
Habitat for Horses, Inc.
P. O. Box 212
Hitchcock, TX 77563
Phone:Â (409) 935-0277
or (866) 434-5737
Fax: (409) 935-0424
email:Â admin@habitatforhorses.org
MAY GOD BLESS WILLIE & BOONE PICKENS. WHAT YOU ARE DOING, TO ASSIST IN THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP HORSE SLAUGHTER, IS GREATLY APPREICATED BY EVERY GOOD HORSEMAN IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU ARE BOTH MORE APPRECIATED THAN YOU KNOW AND OUR HEROS.
SINCERELY,
THE OLIVERS & KIDS & FRIESIANS (3) & RACKING STALLION & SADDLEBRED MARE & ARABIAN & CODY THE QUARTER HORSE
WE ARE AN ALL BREED FAMILY………
Yes they are heroes.
Thanks for your comment, and your support of horses!
I wish I could do the same. I’m so glad the public will be made more aware of the horse slaughter due to Willie’s new herd.
Thanks for caring and sharing. We need all the public exposure we can get. There are still too many people who don’t know about the fate of the horses. If people don’t know they can’t protest, or object. Every one loves Willie any way. Now we love him more. How I wish I could rescue some of these horses.
I have always loved Willie Nelson for his singing but now that he has saved horses I do more than ever.
May God Bless
Mary Donna Davis and 3 horses
The word needs more people like this.
Thanks Willie Nelson and Boone Pickens for your support of rescue horses. I wish more and more people would realize that horses have a life past turning eldery, going blind, or whatever their story may be. As a rescuer I have rescued horses with different stories…..All have a lot to offer regardless of whether they are rideable or not. Horses are a part an American Culture, our companions and don’t deserve unjust treatment or death, slaughter…….We need to end slaughter in America for good. I have watched a many of good horses, all with a different story, go to slaughter and many of people not realize where they are going…….Thank You for also being a rescuer, you now know what joy it brings when a horse realizes they have been given a second chance in life and the reward it has to offer. Congrats to You.
Sincerely,
Kent and Tandra Dunn Family
KT’S LONE CEDAR RESCUES
Thank you thank you Willie God bless you. I have always loved you and your music but even more now. Please make this the biggest press event you can. The horses need it.
Thank you, Willie Nelson, T. Boone Pickens and their families and Habitat for Horses!
I’m so happy the Press is involved! We very much need to get the word out there. So many people have no idea this is going on. People in NY are amazed when I tell them and so many have offered help.
Let’s not stop until this nightmare is over once and for all. We must get this bill to the Senate this year to end this madness. Keep the calls to all the Senators going and let’s hope the news organizations air the story and over and over.
We’ve been working on the internet to get people to call and to spread the news about what’s going on: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=10599 on Care2. Some members even go out and rescue at the auctions, when they can.
God Bless you all and the horses.
Marjorie Caruso – New York City
its wonderful
mylene
Thank you, Marjorie, for your letter, and your web site. I’m going to post it, if you don’t mind. It is important to get this information out.
Linda
From our family of people and mixed horses ranging from ponies to off the track race horses, PMU mares, feedlot foals, blind, drafts, paints, QH, welshes, apps, mustangs and not to forget your basic grade horse…a hearty Thank you, Willie Nelson, T. Boone Pickens and their families and Habitat for Horses! Many think our family is a crazy one, but I ask…how can we just turn and walk away…we do with out a lot of things, I have to thank our children who at ages 16, 13 and 12 have dedicated so much of their young lives already these last few years to help with their mom and dad’s crazy ideas and taking care of the 26 horses we have left that we saved, rehabilitated and ride now. Thanks again for using the influence you have!
Gloria Thompson and family
ShadyPinesInNC@aol.com
Thank you. I’ve posted your kind words to Willie at his official fan site, http://www.clubluck.willienelson.com