One of the things we do is spend a lot of time emailing or on the phone answering questions and helping folks who have disabled animals. This is particularly true when it comes to blind horses. A few months ago we were contacted by a couple in Maine who had just decided to take a blind foal. Now, this is very unusual, because typically when we get a call about a blind foal it’s because someone wants us to take it off their hands. Not this time.
The couple, Lisa Bither and Jim Arthur, had seen our BlindHorses.org site and had some questions about caring for the blind baby they had just agreed to bring to their Black Horse Farm. We’ve been in touch with them a number of times since then.
Well, the baby is now nearly four months old, and the local paper in Lewiston, Maine — the Sun Journal — did a story yesterday on the foal and her new life at Lisa and Jim’s farm. The photo above is one that ran with the story, which was headlined "Blind Love." You can read the Sun Journal article here.
Our hats are off to Lisa and Jim for saving this little girl!
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Speaking of news articles, the Helena Independent Record here in Montana carried a story in today’s paper about our recent award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. You can read the story here. Note that the article somehow placed us in Helmville rather than Ovando (no, we haven’t moved!), and Alayne hasn’t changed her name to ‘Elayne,’ but it’s a very nice piece.
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