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Panhandle Equine Rescue |
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Welcome to Panhandle Equine Rescue. PER's mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and provide adoption services for abused, neglected, and abandoned equines. We operate in Escambia County in northwest Florida. Since PER began in 2005, we have worked 111 cases involving 466 horses. 54 horses have been rescued. PER is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization depending entirely on volunteers and private donations. All donations are tax deductible. TO REPORT CRUELTY OR NEGLECT IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FL, CALL 850-587-2754. Callers can choose to remain anonymous.
URGENT:
Statement from Diane Lowery, President of Panhandle Equine
Rescue:
Panhandle Equine Rescue is in desperate need of donations to help pay the vet
bills on a rescued Arabian mare. Raven, along with her colt, Racer, were
rescued in April (check out their stories here). Both were adopted out, but Raven was returned to us
because of her health issues. Since July 8th, her expenses have
added up to almost $1200.00. She had to be admitted into the vet
clinic again for the second time tonight due to regular bouts of colic.
She has been diagnosed with "Grade 2 Ulcers" and experiences pain on
a daily basis. She has been started on an oral paste that must be
given daily. One tube costs $33.00. She must receive this medicine
for 28 days.
Panhandle Equine Rescue has a total of 17 horses in foster care and very
little in donations has been coming in. We're planning some fund
raisers to try to compensate for our losses, but it may be too late. We
are really frustrated at this point, because we know that our services are
needed in this county. We rely solely on donations. We do
not receive county or state funding, nor have we received
any federal grants. In 2005, three of us were approved by a
judge to do equine investigations in Escambia County and since then, we have
worked 111 cases involving 466 horses. We have rescued 54 horses.
In addition, we are in great need of foster homes. We are at full
capacity and cannot take in any more rescues until we have more space and can raise the
funds to support them.
If anyone would like to sponsor Raven to help get her through this horrible
ordeal in her life, we would appreciate it. A monthly sponsor receives a
picture and a quarterly update or you can be a one time sponsor.
Donations can be sent to PER, P.O. Box 777, Cantonment, FL. 32533
PANHANDLE
EQUINE RESCUE – MYTHBUSTING! Myth:
PER acts as "judge, jury, and executioner."
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Last updated: Wednesday July 23, 2008.Designed by cKs |