Hurricane Season is Here

Wild Horse Foundation Response Teams

IKE devastates Texas coast

Hurricane Dolly and Edouard gave a small break in Lives and damage when it could have been more damaging and catastrophic. Our animals are an important part of lives with us. You have a responsibility to take of them and not ABANDON THEM in these circumstances.

(see pictures below)

IKE placed countless lives and animals in jeopardy. We were there to removed any horses. We found 2 and a 3rd in the swamp and many animals away from the area. While we we're doing our job we helped Rich with Best Friends of Utah and his crew round some dogs and cats up. We saw 2 men from Florida SART, a FILM crew from HSUS and HSUS moved in exactly 7 days after the storm, most importantly Joshua Henderson from Galveston Co. Animal Control busting his back trying to do everything he could with what little resources he had. Overall we witnessed each and every person working together as equals to save the animals, no one person better than the other. On the way out one night we did happen on a small gator and yes he got picked up and release back into a fresh habitat. That's one for the gator!

It was great working with, Rich and his crew of Best Fiends, Utah, Staff of HSUS, Josh Henderson, Galveston Co. Animal Control and Amy Snider of Texas City Animal Control, Texas Soutwest Cattlemen's Association, High Island Fire Department, Texas Department of Parks and Wild Life, and Brandon Thibodeaux

We can only do this on your donations so please don't forget about us!

During these times we help out all horses and then all animals!


First there was this bridge to cross at Roll Over Pass.	Forget the news view, eyes were better,

On the 3rd day, we met up and decided to All go in as "One Unit, Best Friends, Gal. County Animal Control, Wild Horse Foundation and HSUS.	After the "Dunes" in Crystal Beach, HSUS went to the Golf Course, Rich and Best Friends took to the Inner City what was left, Josh of Gal. Co, went to check on a man in a house with kittens and Ray and Susan of the WHF went looking for horses and the one EMU.

If you ever want to help during a Disaster please read below!

All of our volunteers will be trained to better understand the system of working together with other organizations by using FEMA's system of communication protocol. We will require all volunteer's have the ICS 100, NIMS, Animal in Disaster 1 and 2 course and after completion of training you will receive a certificate from FEMA for your certification of completion. The successful completion of any disaster is everyone working together to complete the task.


We found two horses on Point Bolivar, and worked them into a 2-3 acres pen area. Seems simple right!	Susan and I walked them until they decided they were just around friends. What happened to them was not there fault.

Susan heads them back towards me	By now you can see that I've taken a long rope and cut the corner into a triangle pen. Now what I have done is made a pen for the horses. This eliminates the horses from running the whole pasture area. Essentially saving me time and tons of energy.

Our neighbors, our friends our family depend on us all to help, will you!

Without volunteers we could not get our job done, we need your help!

Everyone has something to offer from office work to driving a truck, from logistics to communications we need you!

We need your help even if the Disaster strikes down the coast from you a hundreds miles, people with horses and animals are looking places to move there animals to for a safer locations, will you help. The evacuees are responsible for the financial feeding of there animals, not you the volunteer, all you have to do is provide a location that is safe and solid out of harms way. Contacts us today, let us know if you can help.


Here I tighten the rope down another post to secure it tighter. Look at the fence, covered in weeds, I'm 6' and thats makes the fence almost 5' and can you imagine horses, dogs, goats, cats and others animals swimming in water at a minimal 6' - 8' at this point!	Let'em calm down, graze a bit and look to see everything's okay.

Trying to ease up to the horses and let them know that everything will be alright now!	One of the safest thing to remember when dealing with any animal that has been traumatized is to respect it. Don't try to hurt it or scare it, they have already been through enough. Most people forget that animals like most people do have feelings that they can remember for a long time. Horses are very social beings.

VOLUNTEER TODAY!

For Donations or questions please contact us immediately on how you can help. Don't wait until its to late to evacuate!

((Click here to make a Donation)) or click here to send email to grfield@wildhorsefoundation.org


Ray caught the first mare, while the second thought the world was coming to an end again, notice her ears penned back.	This mare relaxed finally

The second mares halters with almost no resistance	The second mares loads up easy after she sees her mate in the trailer.
The 3rd horse was just east of Crystal Beach out in the wetlands. We asked the Texas Southwest Cattlemen's Group to scoop this horse up with the cows as they were rounding up the cattle and agreed since they were on horse back. They had place hay and freshwater out for the livestock left stranded all over the east beach area up to High Island. The EMU remained at large towards the lighthouse on Bolivar and was being fed by the local rancher at the Lighthouse. The Army National Guard helped us spot this escapee. This hurricane was hard on the Wild Horse Foundation. We only lost trees at the foundation and a few fences when Hurricane IKE turned and came north up the I-45 corridor. The residence of the Founders of the Foundation in Houston suffered just less than major damage and had to deal with the repairs and losses and stay focused on its mission to rescue the horses. On top they were without electricity 16 days, thats a long time to buy gas for a generator and eat MRE's. PLEASE VISIT THE NEXT PAGE FOR IKE OTHER PICTURES. Without DONATION'S We couldn't make the next Rescue mission. Your Help does Matter!

I would like to Thank our Official Foundation Photographer, Brandon Thibodeaux, Dallas News Free lance reporter and photographer.

Hurricane Season is Here! Do you have a plan? Are you ready?

4 Hit Texas, so Far, How Prepared are You?

Dolly, Edouard, Goustov, and Now IKE!

You must be prepared!

PEOPLE DON'T PLAN TO FAIL, PEOPLE FAIL TO PLAN! GET READY!

Volunteer and receive free training. Don't wait to late to Donate! Donate Today!

We are accepting food donations, hay, bags of grains, for all kinds of misc. livestock goats, pigs, dogs food. see below for address! Bags of feed to south west Houston, call 713-2971397. Hillcroft/Beechnut area Hay has to be transported to another volunteer location. In Central Texas here to the Foundation. Please also go drop off at our main location in Franklin on hwy 7 between Kosse and Marquez.

For more information contact: grfield@wildhorsefoundation.org

Contact us: 979 - 828 - 3927

Last updated Mar.31. 2012

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