A Close Up Look at the 2012 Drought

[JUSTIFIED]

Our first horse was an innocent byproduct of a divorce; our second horse came from a sheriff's seizure of neglected and abused animals (she was about 400 pounds underweight); our third horse was litterally rescued from the line getting on a slaughter house truck when he was 6 months old, we paid $300 for him.
All the dogs we've had over the years (we've had as many as seven at a time, we are down to four now) have either come from the pound or, more often, roadside rescue. People dump their animals out here in the country, so many are hit by cars it's a heart breaker.
Odd as it may sound, I believe God put on my heart a desire to help suffering animals as a direct result of my time in vietnam when I was at times a helpless animal. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone else, but I believe it to be so.

I read your post to Patriot Lady, Rice. We've got the same soft spot for helping those who can't help themsevles. We get a lot of dumped animals out here too and I'm afraid as the economy continues south, we'll see more of them. We work with the local pound and local SPCA. I would say, "you wouldn't believe the stories we hear of animal abuse" but since you guys rescue too I'm sure you've heard some bad ones. Makes us like animals more than humans at times. Too many need, spaying, neutering and homes and there's not enough people to help and too many who abuse. Oh, when I said "Too many need spaying and neutering" I was refering to humans....chuckle...