White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue

White Bird has a new guest. Blitzen arrived on Friday morning. This nice boy has clearly missed many meals and needs a little help gaining back his weight. But underneath the ribs and rough coat, he is basically a healthy guy with a real fondness for people. We welcome Blitz to the White [...]

Thank you to all those who have commented on our new site over the past few weeks.  We too think it looks great, and all credit to our volunteer web designer Jones Tyler III.  Now, if you have experienced slow loading times, that too should be a thing of the past as we have changed providers.  [...]

We are honored and humbled to have been awarded a Donner Foundation General Grant of $5000 this past week. This award will go a long way in helping us to care for urgent need horses with nowhere else to go. To the Trustees of the Foundation, our most sincere thanks for your kindness [...]

Huge thanks to the Unwanted Horse Veterinary Relief Campaign and Intervet/Schering-Plough for their generous donation of rabies vaccines for our horses! We also owe a debt of gratitude to our wonderful veterinarian, Dr. Randy Scarrow, for his support of our efforts throughout the past three years, as well as Dr. Tracy Spinelli for her outstanding [...]

Folly enjoying a cool spray on a hot day.

After months of cool, rainy weather, summer arrived in Southside and temperatures this week climbed to nearly 100 degrees.

The relatively cool temperatures this year have prevented horses and their owners from fully acclimating to these more typical summer temperatures. Horse owners should make sure that their [...]

At least 20 horses were deliberately poisoned on farm, authorities say
Toxic oleander leaves were found with apples, carrots in horses’ stalls
No word yet on possible motive or sickened horses’ prognosis

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By Monica Trevino
CNN

(CNN) — More than 20 horses became ill when they were intentionally poisoned with toxic leaves in southern California [...]