FROM THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE

 TO OUR RE-HABILITATION CENTRE

. Last night  a concerned lady called the police about a horse that was near death, and was being sent to the slaughter house.  The police called the judge and the judge ordered the police to call us and notify us about this rescue so we could take over. The poor angel was being kept barely alive so that he could be sold to a slaughter house.  After all those years helping his miscreant owners, his reward was a trip to the slaughter house in exchange for some money.

If you look closely at the photos of this dear old boy, who we have called Rocky, because he has had a rocky life, you can see the sadness in his eyes and the look of desperation as to what will happen next....As I'm sure you all know, we keep all of our rescues at the police precinct until the vets have checked them out and give them a clean bill of health.

THIS IS ROCKY'S FIRST DAY OF FREEDOM, SO BEAUTIFUL AND YET SO VERY THIN

WHEN ROCKY FIRST ARRIVED HE WAS SO WEAK HE COULDN'T STAND, BUT AFTER TWO SMALL MEALS AND SOME INJECTIONS OF VITAMINS HE IS NOW ABLE TO STAND ON HIS OWN STEAM.

ROCKY HAS LOST THE FUR ON HIS RIGHT REAR LEG AND THE LEFT REAR LEG HAS A NASTY WOUND FROM THE MANY BEATINGS HE HAS HAD TO ENDURE, THERE ARE MANY WOUNDS ON HIS TIRED OLD BODY.

THE ABOVE PHOTOS SHOW THE SADNESS AND THE WONDERMENT OF WHAT WILL BECOME OF HIM....YOU'RE SAFE NOW ROCKY AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE YOU BETTER AND TO FIND YOU A LOVING HOME...IT MAY TAKE A WHILE BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN ARGENTINA WHO WILL LOVE YOU AND TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOU.

IT IS NOT WIDELY KNOWN, BUT THE CVFA-ARGENTINA, IS THE ONLY SHELTER THAT RESCUES HORSES...LUCKY FOR US, WE HAVE THE BACKING OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE USE OF THEIR FACILITIES WHEN WE FIRST GET THE RESCUES, AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF JUDGES WHO THINK THAT WE ARE A GREAT ORGANIZATION...SOON WE HOPE TO HAVE A CENTRE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE OVERWORKED HORSES BUT OF COURSE THAT TAKES MONEY AND THE DEDICATION OF OUR MAY HELPERS AT OUR HUGE SHELTER THAT IS 1/5 OF A MILE LONG AND 80 METRES WIDE...AT TIMES WE HAVE TO USE A CAR TO GET FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT EVERYONE WHO READS THIS WILL DIG DEEP AND HELP US GET THE CENTRE BUILT SO THAT WE CAN CARE FOR THESE DEAR SOULS.