"On April 15, 2019 we saved Goldie from a kill pen in Louisiana, she was heavy in foal. She was heading to Mexico for slaughter on April 16. On the morning of April 16 she was found in the pasture at the kill pen with her newborn foal. We had a scheduled truck arriving to transport the horses we had saved from this kill pen to Tennessee for quarantine. The truck transporter ensured that Goldie and her newborn foal were in a separate pen in the truck. The truck then broke down on route to Tennessee. This ended up being a two-day trip. We were very thankful to the transporter for ensuring that Goldie and Journey were well taken care of as well as others on the truck. An employee of the kill pen who found Journey came up with a suggestion for his name since he had such a long way to travel on his first day coming into this world. Journey seemed very fitting for his name. Just one of the many stories of rescue that help us cope with the many we can't save."
- Dianne Proper
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www.pei-living.ca SUMMER 2020
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