June 27, 2014

Here at Meadow Haven, we strive to find nurturing homes for adoptable animals in our care. Animals are not euthanized except in cases of terminal illness, unbearable pain and suffering, or dangerous and irreversible behavior problems. Horses are never sent to auction or slaughter just because they have lost their usefulness. This is why we look to like-minded individuals for financial assistance to continue our rescue efforts and also to help us rehabilitate horses for another chance at leading productive lives in the care of loving owners. It is only through private donations, foster care programs, community outreach and volunteered time that we are able to continue these goals.

June 27, 2014

The Pegasus Project, Inc. is a nonprofit organization, dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and placement of neglected, abandoned or abused horses in East Texas.

Pegasus is much more than a horse sanctuary.  We work closely with other animal welfare organizations to respond to horse cruelty complaints and conduct investigations and seizures of neglected and abused horses with the assistance of local law enforcement. We then take these horses into our program and bring them back to health.  We dedicate our resources to rehabilitate, as well as retrain rescued horses, using natural and traditional horsemanship techniques, so that they may be adopted by carefully-screened, loving, forever homes. Each horse we place frees up space and allows us to conserve our precious resources and continue helping those horses most in need. For a few special-needs horses, The Pegasus Project will remain their life-long home. 

Care of neglected horses is expensive. Before we can transport them to our facility, rescued animals require veterinary care, blood tests, de-worming, and immunizations, expenses that can easily exceed $300 per seizure.  All of our horses receive (at a minimum) bi-annual veterinary examinations and immunizations, annual dental care, as well as farrier care every 4-6 weeks.  Routine horse care maintenance costs include the purchase of feed, hay, bedding, and any special-needs supplements. Typical monthly care is approximately $300 per month for a horse in fair condition. And then, of course, there are those expenses that arise with unexpected illnesses, injuries or emergency care. 

There is good news in all of this. .........