Text Box: Mello Yello was rescued in November of 2003 after we received a phone call from a Clark County Detective requesting assistance. That day we rescued Mello along with 3 other stallions. They were all four standing in wet manure at least 3 feet deep (bottom center)! Mello (then 3 years old) had never had his hooves trimmed and was was severely foundered, walking on the side of his left front foot (middle left)! His hooves were so caked with manure that we had to chisel it off! He also had manure all over his body that took days to clean up. He was extremely frightened and had no trust of humans at all. We had him vaccinated, de-wormed and put him on corrective hoof care program. He has made great progress.   Fortunately for Mello he has been adopted, and has a happy new beginning! He has been adopted, and is now a gelding running with his buddies in a nice clean field, and has a nice clean, dry stall to go into when the weather is bad!

                         Equine Rescue League of Southern Indiana, Inc.

                                         5318 Blue Ridge Rd

                                         Charlestown, In  47111

                                         812-293-4077

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Hershey came to us in May of 2005.  He is a 8 year old bay Standardbred gelding.  He and his buddy Bruno had been left in a small valley along with a third companions carcass.  Unfortunately she didn't make it through the winter. Hershey is now full of life.  He is a gentle horse and fun to ride!                                                                                                         

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                                                                                                                               Text Box: Izzy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                        Text Box: D.Wayne                        Text Box: Cara                                                                         Text Box: Senõrita

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text Box: As you might have guessed, all of these horses came in at the same time from the same place. They were living in a treed lot with no grass or hay. All the trees in the lot were stripped of bark as high up as the horses could reach and they were walking around in junk such as old rolls of barbed wire and pieces of metal. They were all being fed out of the same trough (if they got fed at all), and their water source was a mud puddle that was the result of run-off from rain or snow.  All four of these horses were covered with rain rot to the point that after being treated, they literally lost all of their hair before they had a chance to grow a new coat back.  Cara (bottom right) was pregnant and due to foal in July.                                                                                    

                                                                                            

               

 

                                                   

 

                     

 

                                                                                                                        

 

   

 

 

Click on a horse to see the after views

Mary

 

                               

Mary was given to us because her owner couldn't put any weight on her.  The problem was that she didn't know how to feed her properly.  Mary is in her mid to late twenties which means that she needs a feed for senior horses.  She also needed dental work, which a lot of people overlook.  Mary was also kept in a very small lot - sometimes with two more aggressive horses that wouldn't let her eat.  Once she was brought to ERLSI and had good green grass to eat (along with a good de-worming and some dental work), it didn't take Mary long to gain weight.  As you can see, she is very healthy now!

 

 

Tyler

Tyler was was rescued with Mello Yello.  He was in a barn separate from Mello with two other stallions.  As you can see from the after picture, he now has a wonderful home with a family that loves him very much.

             

 

Tyler is now back with ERLSI and up for adoption.

 

Chief

 

 

Chief came from a situation where a total 13 horses were rescued.   If you would have seen the place he came from, you might have wondered why all of the horses were taken……..at first, that is. 

 The person who owned Chief and approximately 20 other horses had them on about 7 acres.  The ground was starting to erode, and almost one acre was a new pond.  The fencing was one strand of electric wire in most places, which isn’t too bad if you maintain it.  Sometimes there would be round bales out in the field for the horses to share.  Unfortunately there wasn’t always enough hay to go around, and when a horse gets hungry...well, let’s just say, the grass sometimes is greener on the other side!

 We got a call in the summer to investigate these horses, so we went.  At first we didn’t see anything that bad, the horses were a little on the thin side, so we decided to work with the person.  However, after a couple of visits and a few suggestions from us we were told not to come back.  Fortunately one of her neighbors was willing to keep an eye on the horses for us.

 After a few weeks we received another call, and this time there was a dead horse on her property.  At that point we called the local law enforcement agency.  It turned out that the horse had gotten hung up in the fencing (trying to get to the greener pasture no doubt) and strangled himself.  After weeks of investigating and legalities, we were finally able to go in and rescue what was left of the horses.  Between the months of June and December this person had let five horses starve to death, and one hang himself in the fence.

 Fortunately for Chief he now has all the grass he could ever need, and people that care about him.  However, he does not have anyone that calls him theirs yet.  He isn’t trained, he is just halter broke, and still a little skittish.   When you work with him (after a few days) he is very responsive, and willing to learn.  He will make someone an awesome horse!

 

Chief has been adopted!

 

      

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