Archive for September, 2009


Tsunami in Samoa/Tonga

We feel very far away from our animals, our rescue horses and Charlie and the fundraising efforts right now. We are in Tonga, where we have been swimming with the humpback whales. This morning, we woke to our bed shaking and door rattling, a tremor that had come across from the earthquake in Samoa. This was [...]

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Update on Charlie, rescue meat works horse

This is a quick update on Charlie, our wonderful pony rescued from the Gympie meat works. Charlie has had his first surgery to remove the bone fragment from his fetlock and all has gone well there. Unfortunatley, they couldn’t geld him at the same time, and due to the fact that he is now jumpy [...]

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Help save meatworks rescue horse: Can you be Charlie's angel?

Charlie needs your help. I am excited about this, which might seem a little strange, but after my initial devastation at learning that a freak accident had left Charlie with a bone fragment in his fetlock that needed expensive, corrective surgery, I am now excited. Because this is not the end for Charlie, it is [...]

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