Given A Second Chance To See Chestnut Feral Gelding Entry Date – Spring of 1999 at 2 weeks of age Type of rescue – Abandoned by his herd Reason – Blind and caught in brush Special needs – None The General was just two weeks old when a rancher found him abandoned by his herd. Tangled in brush and blind from bilateral cataracts, there was no way he could keep up with the other horses. The rancher brought the young…
My People Love Me! POA Mare – Born 1992 Entry Date – May 2024 Retired by Owner Special Needs: Pergolide to manage her Cushing’s Disease Special shoes for chronic hoof condition Rose was a POA (Pony of America.) It is an American pony breed where Appaloosa horses are crossed with ponies to get a small horse or pony with color. She grew up in Montana and likely had a hard life in her early years. Rose was seven years of age…
Unwanted, Unloved, Underfed, and Misunderstood Bay TB Mare Entry Date – 2/27/2013 at approximately 20 years of age Reason – Unwanted Special needs – None In February of 2013, Dancer became one of the many aged horses whose owners no longer see them as useful. This petite and energetic Thoroughbred mare’s story is heartbreakingly common. Having lost the friendship and support of her family, despite her years of service, Dancer was without alternatives for her care. She needed a friend.…
Blind but Living Large! Dark Bay Mustang Mare Entry Date – December, 2012 at 20 years of age Type of rescue – Surrendered Reason – Blindness, and companion was starving Special needs – Appropriate facility for a blind horse Wishes, a sweet and blind Mustang mare, lived at the Sanctuary for 13 years and passed away at 33 from colic. She arrived with Shane, her seeing-eye horse, and bonded with companion horses: Cash, Eddie, and Ladybird. Ladybird stood by her…
Still Waters Run Deep Breed – Black Grade Gelding Entry Date – January 2016 in his mid-twenties Type of rescue – Seizure Reason –Starvation due to neglect Special needs – Special feeds We reported over the years about a situation in Central Point where numerous animals, including horses, were kept in horrific conditions. We removed the last of the surviving horses in 2018. Arlo was one of the survivors. He arrived with Frida 300 pounds underweight and lame. At Equamore he…
A Case of Criminal Neglect Bay John – Born 2005 Entry Date – 12/2019 Type of Rescue – Seizure by Klamath County Sheriff’s Department Reason – Chronic Neglect Special Needs – Hoof Care Cotton and Joey along with two horses, three sheep, two bulls, and one heifer were seized by the Sheriff’s Department in Klamath County, Oregon in December of 2019. The man who owned them had them turned loose in a big pasture for about two years. He never…
A Fairy Tale Gone Wrong: Breed – Grey Percheron Gelding Entry Date – At 12 years of age Type of rescue – Surrender Reason – Part of a feral Percheron herd Special needs – Taming/Training His story before being surrendered to the Equamore Sanctuary is a fairy tale gone wrong. Named after characters in “The Lord of the Rings,” a herd of horses were the innocent victims of an owner who dreamed of a tranquil herd of Percheron stallions and mares…
A Case of Criminal Neglect Grey John – Born 2005 Entry Date – 12/2019 Type of Rescue – Seizure by Klamath County Sheriff’s Department Reason – Chronic Neglect Special Needs – Hoof Care Cotton and Joey along with two horses, three sheep, two bulls, and one heifer were seized by the Sheriff’s Department in Klamath County, Oregon in December of 2019. The man who owned them had them turned loose in a big pasture for about two years. He never…
A Gentle Giant Entry Date – 8/11/13 at age 7 Type of rescue – Owner surrendered Reason – Owner acknowledges his fairy-tale dream is a living nightmare for his horses Special needs – Gelding & Training Gandalf’s life before Equamore is a fairy tale gone wrong. Named after the powerful wizard in “The Lord of the Rings,” the young stallion had been the innocent victim of an owner who dreamed of a tranquil herd of Percheron stallions and mares living…
Sweet Pete Bay Thoroughbred Gelding Entry Date – August 2012 at Age 17 Type of Rescue – Owner Surrender Reason – To keep Pete in the home he had known for 10 years. Special Needs – Meds for Insulin Resistance and compromised eye sight because of developing cataracts. Pete lived here at the sanctuary since he was 7 years of age. When circumstances in his owner’s life changed, the idea that Peter would be moved from the property and “put…
