Whispering Winds Equine Rescue & Living Legends Wild Horse Sanctuary
From AlexBrownRacing
Web Address: http://www.whisperingwindsequinerescue.com
Phone: Roseburg, Oregon (541) 679-9022
E-mail: whisperingwindsequinerescue@msn.com
Paypal link: whisperingwindsequinerescue@msn.com
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We are a 501(c)(3) Non profit organization located in Roseburg, Oregon. We had been rescuing horses on a small scale since 1989, but incorporated and grew over the past 5 years. Currently we are the largest wild horse rescue in the Pacific Northwest, working diligently to help protect the wild horses, a part of our heritage.
Mission
To provide a safe haven for wild horses, domestic horses and burros that might otherwise be separated, slaughtered or suffer abuse. Simultaneously it creates an educational opportunity for people to directly experience America's living legends*the wild horse, in a natural habitat. Our Equine Rescue program provides shelter, care, rehabilitation, and adoption services for abused, abandoned, neglected and unwanted horses. We also offer basic education to new adopters regarding care and treatment of rescued horses.
Philosophy
Whispering Winds Equine Rescue is a public benefit non-profit corporation, created with the mission of acquiring abused, malnourished, unwanted, or neglected horses, donkeys, mules, and ponies (equine) with the purpose of returning them to good health and placing them in responsible homes so they may thrive. WWER also will acquire equine that are offered for sale at auctions for the purpose of being sold for meat (either for human or animal consumption), evaluate their condition, and bring them back to good health, if needed, then place them in homes where they will be well cared for and used. This rescue work will be carried on using the highest standards of medical care, scientific methods, and facilities available within the limits of the corporation*s financial resources.
Through public education, WWER will support conscientious care of equine, providing resources for owners and prospective owners on feeding, medical care, housing, tack and proper exercise to facilitate good health for the animals and an enjoyable relationship for the people involved in equine activities.
- WWER will also work with the city, county, and state agencies to house, care for and find good homes for equine that they may refer to us. WWER will set up a series of responsible *foster homes* to house these animals, if needed. - WWER will work with local groups, such as 4H and the Humane Society, to locate young people who might need an equine and can provide a responsible home and good care. - WWER will also involve young people, specifically teenagers, who have a love of equine, and would like to take part in the rehabilitation of these animals, and then see them go to good homes in the process. - OUR goal is to facilitate a community effort to educate owners, rescue when necessary, and rehabilitate equine so suffering and neglect can be a thing of the past.
We have very strict adoption policies. Any potential adopter must complete an application. At that point a thorough background, facility check, and reference calls are done. If the adopter qualifies and they bond with the horse they are requesting, documents are signed. No titles are ever transfered and we retain the right to "reposses" the horse if inadequate conditions are discovered. Horses may not be bred, all stallions must be gelded, and we also have first right to the horse should the adopter feel they can no longer care for him/her.
Horses that come to Whispering Winds are evaluated. Those that can be rehabilitated and rehomed, are. Those that need long term care, monitoring, and/or a place to retire remain with us on a forever home status. Horses are only euthanized when their quality of life is more painful than not.
We have several experienced volunteers who work to interact with each horse as often as possible. We believe that the constant interaction is not only therapeutic for the volunteer, but essential for the horse to feel safe.
Meet some of our family:
Meet Hank - coming to us extremely underweight, abused and scared, it took the innocence of my granddaughter to break the barrier & make him approachable and secure again.
This is DB. She joined WWER at the end of last summer. Still wet from foaling she was rescued, minus her baby. The huge scar across her nose and the deformed teeth represent some of the abuse she had to endure. She's a forever home horse with us.
And, this is Misty. She came to us this past February. Born at the BLM holding facilities without an eye, her addition has been not only inspirational but rewarding
This is her this past month as a yearling, standing just under 15 hands. The most interactive, energetic youngster we've ever had. She loves everyone, every horse, and all the attention she can get.
This is Gimlet, a slaughter bound QH mare who is available for adoption.
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and Jenkins, another slaughterbound mustang who is a permanent member of our family.
This is Star (aka Blondie, another mustang). Her owner donated her to WWER after talking to the vet about putting her down because she threw temper tantrums. We gladly transfered ownership to Lifesavers Wild Horse Sanctuary, where she is being ridden quite often with no bouts of temper tantrums.
And, this is one of my favorites girls - Dolly, another mustang. Dolly was surrendered to WWER after she foundered so badly she couldn't walk. Arriving with "saucers," literally, for soles she has been recovering and rehabing at our rescue since last September. Today she is full of life, pain free, and rideable once again.
Two of our other youngsters came to us from the same family. Fawn was rejected by her mother at birth. "Grandpa" brought her in out of the pasture to the main barn. WWER rescued her at a week old and with the help of Darla from Strawberry Mountain Mustangs this little girl is growing big & strong.
And, lastly (but by no means the end of our horses), we also help owners in need with their youngsters. Cinnamon's little girl was born with bad birth defects. We were able to raise the funds for her to have the surgery she needed to correct her legs. She may never be sound to ride but will have a full life as a horse.
Visit our website for more horses and updates.
Our lives are dedicated to caring for all equine. These are just a few that have won our hearts.
