Equine Angels : Stories of Rescue, Love, and Hope

Frank Weller Author

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Equine Angels : Stories of Rescue, Love, and Hope

English

ISBN: 159921444X

EAN: 9781599214443

Category: Social Science / Slavery/Nature / Animal Rights/Nature / Horses/

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The

Release Date: 07/01/2011

Synopsis: Equine Angels is a celebration of the journey of horses and foals saved from slaughter. Accompanied by more than 130 stunning full-colour photographs, it tells the surprising and moving stories of how these foals have changed the lives of the human families who adopt them-for the rescuers are often the ones rescued when opening their hearts to an unwanted foal. The foals story begins from birth with their majestic mares on the vast plains of Canada. The mares are kept pregnant because their urine will then contain oestrogen, a vital ingredient for a hormone replacement therapy drug called Premarin. The Pregnant Mares Urine, PMU, is often collected in harsh conditions for the mares and when the foal is born it is frequently considered an innocent but disposable by-product of the process. What happens next to the foals, who might otherwise go to slaughter, is the heart-warming subject of this book. What happens to people along that rescue path, is the magical soul of this book. The photographs and stories feature ruggedly beautiful horses in their natural splendour that transform from once-wild creatures into loving and intelligent companions, bonding with their human families. Included are stories of successes great and small: foals growing up to be national competitors, therapy helpers, and members of families that are healed by the love of a horse.

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