Sherman, age 30-ish, November 10, 2009
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The Myth of Skinny Old Horses busted again.
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Spotsylvania, Virginia's Equine Assisted Living Facility, where the Oldies are golden and Geezers rule. If you are owned by a senior horse, join us to celebrate the wisdom and humor of elder equine. Tips for caring for older horses also discussed. (More information at www.equineelders.org)
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that, if every person who visits the TREES web site each month contributed just $20, the money raised would care for 20 senior horses for six months.
NOTE: Material presented by Traveller's Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary on equineelders.org, on equineelders.blogspot.com, or in any other manner is for information purposes only. It is in no way intended to replace the services or advice of your veterinarian.
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Traveller's Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary
Mission: To promote the humane treatment of elder equine through education and awareness programs for the general public as well as the equine community, to provide information on care of elderly equine, assisting owners in properly maintaining older animals through retirement, to support municipal and court efforts to enforce humane treatment and animal control laws, to rescue and rehabilitate abused or neglected equine, and to provide for the lifetime care of elderly equine. Traveller’s Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Your contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the Internal Revenue Code.
EIN #20-0331606
Member of the Shelter Animal Reiki Association
Questions About Elder Horses?
Please visit:
- Animal Paradise - Communication & Healing
- Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society
- Days End Farm Horse Rescue
- Equidentistry
- Equine Rescue League
- Ferrell Hollow Farm
- Integrated Animal Therapies
- Lost Fantasy Rescue
- MJM Photography
- Rappahannock Equine Veterinary Clinic
- Shelter Animal Reiki Association
- Traveller's Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary
- United States Equine Rescue League
- White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
Suggested Reading
- Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin
- Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
- Hands-On Senior Horse Care, by Karen E N Hayes, DVM, MS & Sue M Copeland
- Horse Sense and the Human Heart by Adele von Rust McCormick, PhD, & Marlena Deborah McCormick, PhD
- Horsekeeping on Small Acreage, by Cherry Hill
- Horses and the Mystical Path, by Adele von Rust McCormick, PhD, Marlena Deborah McCormick, Phd & Thomas E McCormick, MD
- Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand
- The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd by Joe Camp
- The Tao of Equus, by Linda Kohanov
- Wisdom of the Elders, by David Suzuki & Peter Knudtson
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Traveller’s Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary is a tax-exempt charitable organization as defined by Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) and is duly registered to solicit charitable donations in the Commonwealth of Virginia under regulations set forth by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. EIN # 20-0331606
A financial statement is available from the State Office of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services upon request.
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Toll Free: 800-552-9963
To monitor this or any other VA charity's corporate status, please visit the State Corporation Commission Clerk's Information System. You are looking for "Status: Active."
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A financial statement is available from the State Office of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services upon request.
Office of Consumer Affairs
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
PO Box 1163 Richmond, VA 23218
Toll Free: 800-552-9963
To monitor this or any other VA charity's corporate status, please visit the State Corporation Commission Clerk's Information System. You are looking for "Status: Active."
To monitor a VA charity's registration to solicit donations, please visit the Office of Consumer Affairs Charitable Database. Look for current dates of registration.
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