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We need your help! HPAF receives no state or federal funding and exists only through donations. The amount of neglected horses and horses whose owners can no longer afford to feed them has exploded recently and your donations make it possible for HPAF to continue the work of protecting and saving horses.

No donation is too small. Please help us help the horses.
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New Rescues

Tack Sale and Open House at the HPAF Farm Saturday February 13 From 11am to 2pm.  

Donations of tack and horse equipment are appreciated. There will be an Educational Open House coming up in April, watch the site for the date.

"Horses Mouths to Feed", December 4, 2009 - Follow this link for the story in the Ocala Star Banner

"Rescue Groups Intervene to Help Horses in Downturn", December 20, 2009 - Follow this link for the story in the Ocala Star Banner

35 New Thoroughbreds in Need of Homes
We need your help to find qualified homes for these horses quickly.  They may need long term rehabilitation and all will need training. Some of the yearlings have had no handling and the two years old and some three year olds have very little handling.

Thank you to Darren Chicacchia for taking 3 of the new horses to his farm for the clinic this week to help find them homes.

Please email for an adoption application or click this link.


If you would like to provide feed or hay for the horses, orchard & alfalfa hay, both regular and pasture bales, from Larsen Farms (352-732-4445) or Quality Hay (352-529-0888) in Williston are used to provide high quality free choice hay. We use 15 bags of Purina Enrich 32, 20 bags of Purina Equine Senior and  3 containers of Purina 12:12 Free Balance (loose) per week. Chiefland Farm Supply is our Purina dealer (352-493-4294). Also used are 35 bags of Stampede Brand Timothy and Alfalfa cubes and 3 bags of Equi-Jewel Rice Bran Pellets per week. Currently the new horses are eating 52 bags of First Choice Textured 12% Sweet feed, one ton of alfalfa  and 4 rolls of coastal hay from Berretini Feed per week.

Springtime Joint Health, Cetyl M, Finish line U-7 or Gastrix, Redmond Salt (Green & Growing), Bute powder and MSM are used for a number of the horses.

There has been so much paperwork involved in these cases and on adoptions that we have a great need for printer ink 56 black (most), 98 black & HP 93,95 color, and stamps.

Volunteers are needed to help with cleaning, grooming and preparing the newsletters for mailing this week.

Thank you to everyone who has sent cash donations as well as feed and hay. We will send thank you letters to everyone who has provided help and we will list everyone in a future newsletter.

Thank you for helping these horses!

Holiday Drawings for the Horses

Quilt Drawing
Congratulations to winner Debra Duffer of Gainesville

Equine Podiatry Drawing
5 day Podiatry course, or online program
Congratulations to winner Jaquie Blake (United Kingdom)
Book The Chosen Road and Hoof Care DVD set
Winner Laura Castanos
Hydropathics Detox 30 day supply treatment
Winner Dr Lynn Peck
Silvetrasol hoof topical antiseptic
Karen Woodbury

 

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