Box_Of_Frogs
Well-Known Member
Please - if you read this, bump it along so as many as poss will see it.
Last Christmas, a desperate plea went on the Forum, to find homes for 3 Shetland ponies that had been dumped at a local abattoir, crammed in the back of a lorry load of sheep for slaughter. A kind lady paid meat money and took them back to her farm hoping to rehome them. But she misjudged the economic downturn AND the availability of 10-a-penny, throw away ponies. She had no other option but to return them to the abattoir for slaughter if she didn't find homes by Christmas Day. Long story but I now have the 16 yr old, 9hh black mare called Molly. Molly now has a serious job to do: she has to be seen by as many horsey people as possible so I can tell her story and hopefully get as many people as possible thinking about throw-away ponies and indiscriminate breeding in general. To achieve this, she's going to go to loads of local shows and I'm trying to get her story + pics in the local papers. But she has to score off the scale in the cuteness stakes so people will come over and say Awwwww - how CUTE! Then I can tell the story. Thanks to this Forum, I've been in touch with an American lady (Deanne) who makes little bows of all sizes and colours. I visited her website (will post link later) and found tiny baby-pink bows with little black heart shapes in the centres. I told her Molly's story and she is going to send me FREE, all the way from the States, 20 pink bows for Molly's mane and tail. The only payment she is asking is that I send her some photos of Molly all dressed up, to go on her web site. Talk about getting the message out! But what has warmed me from the toes up is the unbelievable kindness of a total stranger from halfway across the world. If anyone knows the song "Scarlet Ribbons" (always makes me cry) you'll know how I feel about this amazing outcome. Molly is the one in my siggy in the donated pink fleece, the day after she arrived.
Last Christmas, a desperate plea went on the Forum, to find homes for 3 Shetland ponies that had been dumped at a local abattoir, crammed in the back of a lorry load of sheep for slaughter. A kind lady paid meat money and took them back to her farm hoping to rehome them. But she misjudged the economic downturn AND the availability of 10-a-penny, throw away ponies. She had no other option but to return them to the abattoir for slaughter if she didn't find homes by Christmas Day. Long story but I now have the 16 yr old, 9hh black mare called Molly. Molly now has a serious job to do: she has to be seen by as many horsey people as possible so I can tell her story and hopefully get as many people as possible thinking about throw-away ponies and indiscriminate breeding in general. To achieve this, she's going to go to loads of local shows and I'm trying to get her story + pics in the local papers. But she has to score off the scale in the cuteness stakes so people will come over and say Awwwww - how CUTE! Then I can tell the story. Thanks to this Forum, I've been in touch with an American lady (Deanne) who makes little bows of all sizes and colours. I visited her website (will post link later) and found tiny baby-pink bows with little black heart shapes in the centres. I told her Molly's story and she is going to send me FREE, all the way from the States, 20 pink bows for Molly's mane and tail. The only payment she is asking is that I send her some photos of Molly all dressed up, to go on her web site. Talk about getting the message out! But what has warmed me from the toes up is the unbelievable kindness of a total stranger from halfway across the world. If anyone knows the song "Scarlet Ribbons" (always makes me cry) you'll know how I feel about this amazing outcome. Molly is the one in my siggy in the donated pink fleece, the day after she arrived.
