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Fitch
"Forever Young"
June 16. 2006 - March 5, 2007
Fitch fought his potential abductors and by doing so he saved the life of his brother Abercrombie.
Unfortunately Fitch could not recover from the injuries he received from these cruel and heartless people and he succumbed.
Fitch lost his battle for life on March 5, 2007 at 11:56pm at the University of Georgia.
Rest in Peace Dear Brave Fitch... For you we will continue to fight!!!
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SAVE THE HORSES BRACELETS
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The horses and humans of Pure Thoughts Inc and rescue horses nationwide would like to extend a personal thank you to Phelps Media for embracing this cause and bringing the issues of Horse Slaughter and Horse Welfare to the forefront of the Equestrian World. You may visit the "Our Sponors" link for information on subscription to Phelps Sports. |
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Is it really a change? Anyone who comes to this website has humanity in their hearts. Our country has put into place laws to protect the innocent animals that cannot speak for themselves. Tears well up in our eyes when we see the commercials of the cats and dogs in cages at our local pounds and shelters. So many of us have trouble watching some of the wildlife programs where we witness survival of the fittest and watch a lion tear apart a unknowing Zebra or Wildebeest. Most of us will stop to pick up a stray dog or if we see a cat with a litter of kittens... so when we hear that someone has jumped on board to help save the horses from slaughter... is it really a change? No, it is not a change.... it is someone who has just found out that this cruel and inhumane torture is going on. In the 8 month that Victoria McCullough has been involved in horse slaughter and horse welfare she has not changed 
Compassion and love for the horses has always been in her heart. She just did not know it was happening. It is not the person that changes it is their actions. In October Victoria read about Pure Thoughts and visited the facility. In November she facilitated the rescue horses to be apart of the opening ceremonies for the National Horse Show where they received a standing ovation. She contributed to the Home for the Holidays save, where 82 horses were saved from Slaughter. When the horses started to arrive she saw how beautiful these horses were, they were not old, lame, skinny and unhealthy, yes there were a few that were in desperate need of rehab but that is not the majority. It was also in November where she learned of Triumph, a beautiful Belgian gelding, who life had been too hard on him, he had given his heart, soul and his last physical energy to his owners, they rewarded him by sending him to slaughter. Pure Thoughts purchased him at the Sugarcreek kill auction. His journey was over but he would not die in pain or alone. He was humanely laid to rest... surrounded in love. He is the namesake for The Triumph Project, which was founded by the Davis McCullough Foundation, and everyday Victoria carries his mane with her... in her fight for the horses. On May 23rd, 2008 , with the combined efforts of The Triumph Project and Pure Thoughts Inc. Horse & Foal Rescue all the horses at Sugarcreek Kill Auction were saved. In June, Victoria introduced Horse Slaughter and the inhumanity of it at the Global Champions Tours with a moving presentation. Since then it has been not only accepted but also embraced by this group of top show riders and horse enthusiasts. You may view it on their website at www.globalchampionstour.com. In a matter of months, McCullough has made this a worldwide issue and the overwhelming response confirms that this act is a worldwide concern, which will not be tolerated. Do we, as Americans want to show the world this is allowed and accepted by us? The majority if horsemeat for human consumption is coming from the United States…. The American Horse.  On July 31st Victoria attended the Judicial Hearing for the new bill introduced by Representative John Conyers Jr., known as H.R. 6598, the Conyers - Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 (the bill which now replaces the AHSPA - HR 503 & S. 311.) The bill gained 10 new co-sponsors that day. So in the end..... does a person really change or is it just their actions that make a change. Please consider taking action to help make a change! |
Kill Auction.. the beginning of the End
There are no words needed.. The pictures speak for themselves
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The Latest from Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue
Written by: Jennifer Swanson, Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue
Client: PhelpsSports.com
Release Date: 2008-07-01As you approach the auction house the first thing you see are the eyes looking out through rusted caged windows. The horses get as close as they can to the air, the sunlight they know is out there, but they can’t get too close or their eyes will be impaled by the bent and rusted prongs. Still, they look out, hoping to see something familiar, someone coming to take them home.
Every horse has a different story. For the horses at auction, the look in their eyes all begs the same question: what did I do to deserve this? These horses are in a dark, man-made and operated cement hell.
They are poked and prodded and crammed, sometimes 50 horses, into single pens. Some horses fight, some try to stay to the side to avoid getting kicked. Some are hurt; some are mares trying to protect their foals. Others are just trying to stay on their feet so they don’t get trampled. There are tired and wounded workhorses. Colicking horses. Injured racehorses standing on three legs that still wear sweat from their last race.
This horror is just the first step in a torturous journey that these horses are on. It’s a journey that some of us as Americans, horse lovers and humanitarians allow in our country. And just when I think it can’t get worse, they open the gates and shove another horse in there, and the ruckus starts again, as the horses shift and struggle for position. A few strong ones can fight for a little bit of hay in the corner. Many horses have their heads stuck out of the pen in hopes a passerby will give them a pet on the head, in hopes someone will see them and take them out of there. Their quiet pleas seem somehow louder than the screams of the horses that are scared and hurt.
The horses do not have to have a voice to tell their story. The workhorses and Standardbreds, injured and abused and yet often clearly fresh from work, are the most painful to watch. These horses have given their lives to work for their owners and then they are delivered to a painful death. The Amish, the people who use these horses for their means of transportation and agriculture, in many cases provide the most horrible cases of neglect and abuse. A bullet to the head is more humane than what they do to these horses. What in their faith allows for this cruelty? The auction at Sugarcreek is the dumping grounds. Most people will bring their horses there to be sold, but they will buy their horses from better auctions. They will go to Mt. Hope or and spend thousands on a beautiful Standardbred with bows in her hair right off the track. In a year or two this same horse will be at the kill auction in Sugarcreek: weak, abused and destined for slaughter. They will go to a draft farms and spend thousands on a beautiful team or a draft horse, usually a Belgian and the same things will happen. This horse will be used and worked to within days of its life and then sent to the kill auction. That is the reward these horses receive for their work and servitude. If the horses are injured, they don’t care for them. They simply work them until they can no longer work, then they are sent to the killbuyer. I know there are Amish people out there who take good care of their horses, but we see so, so many that don’t. And it’s not only the Amish. The racing industry joins them in the cruelest act. Gleaming muscled racehorses are top choice for the killbuyers. On May 23rd Pure Thoughts bought more than 15 tattooed thoroughbreds. A man who said he would deliver them to a therapeutic riding center picked some of these horses up at Moutaineer racetrack. Instead he planned to deliver them to killbuyers. Fortunately for those horses we were there and brought them home. What happened to Eight Belles is truly heartbreaking and it seems the racing community is trying to change practices and policies. But what about this behind-the-scenes atrocity. Do all of the people who mourned the loss of Eight Belles know what happens to many racehorses every Friday at Sugarcreek?
Next time you enjoy a day at the races, think about the ones that did not make it that far or the horses that came in last in their race. Chances are there next stop is an inhumane slaughter. Is that really worth the exhilaration you felt as the horses crossed the finish line? Is their life worth our recreation? Are we, as a nation saying "It is okay that these horses experience a horrific death" is that what we want to define us as horse lovers?
But there is more. It’s not just the racing industry and the Amish. The slaughter pens hold many of beautiful horses, show horses, ponies, trail horses, pets, workhorses. Mares and week old foals are bought by killbuyers. They will be taken from the auction together but a stop will be made. At this stop the foal will be ripped from its' mother and either left to die or fattened up until it can be pass as a six-month old and then it will be sent to slaughter. The mare thinks losing her foal is a heartbreak, she has no idea what she is in for, this is nothing. Pregnant mares who are just days from giving birth are in the killpens after auction. They will be slaughtered. Killbuyer and slaughterhouses do not want our sick, old and lame. They want the healthy horses. Slaughter does not care what is on the registration papers it just wants flesh.
But we haven’t even gotten to the process of slaughter yet. After the auction, the next horror these horses go through is the transport. Usually this is done unlawfully and without morals. The horses are crammed, again, into a trailer. Stallions, yearlings, mare, foals ponies are jammed in together. There is no water. There are no stops. They drive across the country to Canada or Mexico and don’t get off-loaded until they reach the slaughterhouse. Some will die on the way. If they act up, they are beaten harshly.
And yet, the American public turns a blind eye to this practice. So far we haven’t forced our government to listen to cries of the horses.
Horse owners and lovers also stay in the dark, not educating themselves on the cruel truths of horse auctions. That nice man who seems to be buying up many good horses is NOT taking them back to his ranch. He is buying them for meat and he will smile at you politely and soon those horses will begin their long hellish journey, one that will end with him or her gasping for their last breath after being mutilated and tortured.
As rescuers we dance with the devil every day for the sake of the horses. We play the game we must play in order to be able to attend these auctions, work with the killbuyers and purchase these horses. We keep our stories amongst ourselves in order not to ruffle any feathers. We all filled with anger and rage over what happens and the tears are a river that runs constant. The story I tell is one I have lived with, it haunts my dreams and fills my soul. I look at the ones we save and cannot help but think of the ones we were unable to save. When I learned of horse slaughter, it changed my life. I gave up the life I had for a life that was once unknown to me and now I live and breathe it.
My job now is to speak for the horses and do my best to bring an end to this dirty little secret. From slaughter to nursemare foals. Cruelty and misuse of horses is inhumane and intolerable. For those who cannot speak ... I will.
On May 23, 2008, Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal Rescue saved all the horses that were intended to go to slaughter at the horse kill auction known at Sugarcreek Livestock auction. We did it with help from Victoria McCullough of the Davis-McCullough Foundation, which has spent years dedicating itself to the needs children and animals.
All equines were safe that day, including some from the week before who were waiting for their trip to slaughter. That was a single day that the horses were safe. As a country we have the ability to change this action and bring the horses of our country to safety everyday. These horses are being slaughtered for human consumption and shipped overseas to Europe and Asia. Let’s ban together and tell them No. Not our horses, the horses will not be tortured for your gluttony, not on our watch.
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Help Make Dreams Come TrueSponsorship Package 
Pure Thoughts has developed a sponsorship program specific to last month’s “Miracle Save.” An individual or organization may sponsor one of the rescue horses for a donation of $500. In return, you’ll feel great about having joined our efforts. You’ll also receive a sponsorship package including a bottle of wine with a picture of your sponsored horse on the label. You will also receive a keepsake horseshoe (one actually pulled from the “Miracle Save” group, decorated by a Florida artist, along with a framed picture and a description of your special horse. You will also have the option of becoming a “guardian” to your sponsored horse so you may receive updates on the horse’s well-being throughout his or her life.
This program is critical to our ability to vet, feed, board and care for these precious horses. What better gift to give yourself or your friends and family – the gift of life, and the gift of love. Your donation or sponsorship represents the gift of a second chance at life and happiness for 163 horses who otherwise would have been broken and killed. Thanks to the help of people like you who are reading this, it can and will happen for these beautiful horses.
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For questions or adoption information, please contact
Pure Thoughts, Inc. Email Jennifer
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jennifer@PureThoughtsHorseRescue.com
561-753-6555 - 561-254-0415
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Let them be born without fear, let them live a life of peace,
and please, when it is time, let them die as they lived;
fearless, painless and peaceful.
Pure Thoughts is an all volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of horses, yearlings and foals that were bound for the foreign owned slaughterhouses in our country. These horses would have been brutally tortured and slaughtered so that they could be served as a delicacy in foreign countries. In addition we also rescue horses from starvation, abuse and neglect, any horse in need. We haved saved over 500 innocent equines and as long as these cruel acts continues we will continue to fight for the horses. We cannot do this alone...we need your help!! Please help us and others save these beautiful animals
and please remember in your thoughts the ones we were unable to reach.
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Time has run out for these horses. They are at the slaughterhouse awaiting processing...
Healthy, kind and once loved horses. How did they end up here?
SAVING THE LIFE OF A HORSE MAY NOT CHANGE THE WORLD
BUT IT WILL CHANGE THAT HORSE'S WORLD |
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We would be happy to accept any size donation to help the horses and foals.
Mail your tax-deductable check to
Pure Thoughts, Inc - Foal Rescue Foundation
19181 Capet Creek, Loxahatchee, FL 33470
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This website was created by me... Steve, in my free time - when I wasn't fixing, mending, repairing, moving, washing, cleaning, brushing or feeding. Please contact me with any questions about the site Steve and please go to our store and make a donation to help save more foals Donation
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We want to thank everyone that is helping and would like to help with this Miracle Save that took place on May23, 2008..To insure the safety of these beautiful horses our security is a little higher than usual.
Horse slaughter is a very controversial subject and we want to take any and all measures needed to
keep this Miracle Herd safe! ADOPTING...If you are interesting is adoption please call 561-951-2108. You can make an appointment with Brad to see the horses, they will love seeing you as much as you love seeing them. VOLUNTEERING, SPONOSRING, DONATING.. If you are interested in volunteering, sponsoring, donating or information please call Jennifer 561-254-0415 or Karen at 561-847-5327.
We will just need to issue you are pass for the facilties. We hope this is not an inconvenience but it took enormous measures to bring these horses to safety and now we must make sure we do all we can to protect them....Their lives are in our hands, they trust us to take care of them and keep them safe from harm, it is an honor that we take very seriously |
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MAY 23, 2008
Memorial Weekend Rescue for the Horses NO HORSES WERE
PURCHASED BY KILLBUYERS NO HORSES LOADED TO GO TO MEXICO& A TORTUOUS DEATH ALL HORSES OF ANY KIND WERE SAVED AT THE
SUGARCREEK KILL AUCTION 
PLEASE CONSIDER SPONSORING ONE OF THE 162 HORSES SAVED THAT DAY......THERE JOURNEY IS NOT ONE OF FEAR AND TORTURE..... THEY ARE SAFE..... BUT IT IS A LONG AND EXPENSIVE JOURNEY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HELP THEM.....PLEASE HELP!!! You can paypal below or send a check to Pure Thoughts Inc. Horse & Foal Rescue, 19181 Capet Creek, Loxahatchee, FL 33470 |
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Pure Thoughts, Inc. - Florida Foal Rescue, have rescued over 575 foals and yearlings from a tortuous death at the slaughterhouse todate. With the help and contributions of the people and the community we hope to save the lives of over 1000 foals and yearlings this year. Another chance for horses
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