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Volunteering at Indiana Horse Rescue 12/3/09 A "new" volunteer stopped by today - we thought we recognized her and then she started talking... Sara was here in Owensville on August 29th, 2006 when the first horses were seized from the person on this land. 29 of them that day! She actually hauled one of the worst cases in her trailer, and re-told the story of how one horse actually held the other horse up for the entire transport. The horse being held up was humanely euthanized the next morning as she was so crippled she could hardly walk. Sara was here for the 2nd and 3rd seizures too. On the last day of "seizures" by animal control - there were trucks and trailers for as far as you could see. People were waiting for hours as law enforcement, animal control, the prosecutor and Indiana Horse Rescue were working with the man/owner of the horses . People were getting impatient when finally it was announced! Good News! The last 71 (yes, 71) horses would not have to be transported as the property had been purchased by Indiana Horse Rescue and the horse owner was letting us take over the barn immediately. You might think that people would just pack up and go home, but no! These people were so thrilled that these horses did not have to travel - but now the real work was to begin. Sara was reliving the days of bobcats, tractors and machinery brought in by volunteers to clean the barn. Oh the SMELL! In a matter of days there was a totally clean barn with brand new gates and horses with fresh water, hay. Sara has been busy and hadn't been out in quite some time so she was pretty amazed when she came to the rescue today. There are pastures with shelters, fat horses, an office with a "real" toilet running water, heat, etc. She could not believe the changes to the entire property. Thank you Sara for reminding us how far the rescue has come! It was refreshing to know that people that were here in the beginning can see the hard work that has been put into this 80 acre farm. When we first came here it had no good fencing, Junk everywhere - I think over 200 rusted hog feeders, hog panels, etc were hauled off. There are horses on the west side of the property with barns, shelters and new electric fence. Before there was nothing but weeds and junk. We could not do what gets done without volunteers. Sometimes we forget that we all volunteer for the horses and no matter what else happens - they are what is important! So, if you are in the area or just wanting to take a day trip - come on down to IHR SW and see the farm, take a tour and what has happened here and see the wonderful horses that we take in on a daily basis. Yes, there will be some skinny horses but that is what we do - we take them in feed them, love them and hope to find them a new home where they can receive individual love and attention! Volunteers at IHR SW!
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