Slaughter-Bound Horse Rescued and Now Living in Germany

http://www.examiner.com/x-25445-West-Palm-Beach-Horse-Rescue-Examiner~y2010m3d13-Slaughter-bound-horse-shipped-to-Germany-but-not-on-a-dinner-plate

In October,2009, Sheza Dance's Tango, a little Curly paint mare had the auction stickers on her butt marking her for the next truck load of horses to be shipped to Canada for slaughter. She stood nervously shivering in a kill pen when Christy Sheidy, co-founder of an all breed horse rescue, Another Chance 4 Horses spotted her and asked the broker who had purchased the horse, if she could try and find the horse a home. Sheidy posted the horse's picture on the Broker page of the website where photos and brief video descriptions are available weekly to provide the horses with a larger viewing audience to enable them to find homes.

Through the Another Chance 4 Horses broker program, the yahoo discussion group and Facebook, the Curly Horse Rescue, Inc in Marshfield, Vermont became involved and raised the funds to bail Tango. Another Chance 4 Horses quarantined Tango, and in that time she developed strangles and managed to injure her muscle in her back right leg.

A Curly horse enthusiast in Germany read about Tango and felt a strong connection to the little mare. Caren became Tango's angel and spent a significant amount of money towards the horse's recovery. She became more interested in the mare's history, researched the pedigree and contacted the previous owners. Tango had been named Rogue at her previous home. The mother of Tango had been a rescue and had been starved; Rogue had been left unhandled but by 4 months of age had been started in training using natural horsemanship methods. She had then been sold to two young girls who apparently sold her at auction at New Holland, PA, the largest killbuyer auction east of the Mississippi.

In January, Tango's angel Caren made arrangements to come to Pennsylvania to meet the horse. Tango was very distrustful at the beginning of the visit, but by the end of the day, Caren felt the connection and saw Tango's eyes soften. It was enough for Caren to see the real horse; Caren made the decision to bring the horse home to Germany.

Arrangements were made for transport and another 30 days of quarantine. The horse remained distrustful but settled into a routine, Earlier this week, Tango arrived in Germany. At first she acted aggressively, but Caren reports that her husband spent time with Dancer,( as she is called ) and by the end of the session, Dancer rested her head in his arms and lapped up the gentle attention. Dancer is finally home.

I thought we needed some good news this week since I pretty much just ranted last week.