The Ashland Daily Tidings published a feature today about animal rescue and people in the community who support rescue groups and sanctuaries in many different ways. Along with the Tidings feature is a video featuring members of the community who rescue animals — including a few voices from Equamore.
Executive director Linda Davis talks about having been around horses all her life and having seen a lot of neglect, abuse, and cruelty — and, all too often, she’s found that horses have nowhere to go after their riders are done riding them. “I ended up trying to help those horses always have a home,” Linda says, “and it translated into starting the Equamore foundation.”
Board vice president Ruth Kennedy appears in the video with Sara, also pictured below, and talks about her passion for horses. “They’re funny and curious. They’re loyal, intelligent…they’re just terrific.” Board treasurer Colleen Dumont agrees: “They have all the emotions of a human being,” she says. “They get angry, they get sad, they get bored, they get melancholy, they cry when their children are taken away from them…and they are joyous.”
The article and video also include important information on how to know whether an animal is in need of help, and how to get that help. Animal cruelty is illegal in every state, and, as Colleen Dumont points out in the video, often people who abuse animals also (or eventually) harm humans as well. Here are a few tips for what to do if you see abuse or neglect. You can also visit the Humane Society website for more information on how to recognize abuse and what to do.
For more information on how to support Equamore Foundation, click here.
