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    Immediate Home Needed - Run Jane
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Jul 1, 2012
    • 1 min

    Immediate Home Needed - Run Jane

    “Run Jane” needs a safe place to land- and quickly. This 4 year old racehorse suffered an injury to her knee that will prevent her from...
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    Severe Heat Alert!
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Jun 28, 2012
    • 1 min

    Severe Heat Alert!

    Tomorrow’s forecast for Burkeville, VA is expected t be 103 degrees. Yep, you read it right. ONE HUNDRED AND THREE DEGREES. This is a...
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    White Bird Featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Jun 17, 2012
    • 1 min

    White Bird Featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch

    A few weeks ago, we were interviewed by the good folks at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, who kindly provided us the opportunity to talk...
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    Mia 10 yo Leopard Appy Mare, Missing
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Jun 12, 2012
    • 1 min

    Mia 10 yo Leopard Appy Mare, Missing

    Janet Sonpal is looking for Mia, have you seen her? We think she was sent to auction in Ohio Nov 2011 at Bloomfield by Ron Andio. He...
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    Pardon our dust!
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Jun 3, 2012
    • 1 min

    Pardon our dust!

    A couple of weeks ago, our site was the subject of an internet hack and a piece of malicious code was inserted into our site software. A...
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    Berry Update
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • May 18, 2012
    • 1 min

    Berry Update

    Back in February, through the efforts of several people, not the least of which was the awesome Sam, we received a malnourished pony that...
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    Ginger
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • May 16, 2012
    • 3 min

    Ginger

    Today’s Clearinghouse horse is Ginger, a 15 hand, 1100 pound, 12-15 year old red varnish appaloosa mare. Ginger is blind, but very sweet,...
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    Sunrise
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • May 11, 2012
    • 1 min

    Sunrise

    Okay, the picture isn’t perfect but you can still see that this mare is a cutie patootie. “Sunrise” (Indian Sunrise) is a 14.2hh Appy...
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    Stylin’!
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • May 6, 2012
    • 1 min

    Stylin’!

    The White Bird Style Salon was open for business yesterday! The Cushing’s Club horses (Oreo, Wonder, Allison, Mr. Bowersox and Star) were...
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    News of the Week
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • May 3, 2012
    • 2 min

    News of the Week

    Yes, that’s kind of a pun, since the big news this week was the fact that the wonderful folks at the Times-Dispatch came out to visit...
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    Not Just Horses
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Apr 25, 2012
    • 3 min

    Not Just Horses

    This past year, we have noticed a sudden increase in our resident mouse population. We’re not sure why. could be the recent drought,...
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    The Need Continues
    krbobbio
    • Apr 25, 2012
    • 3 min

    The Need Continues

    Here is yet another urgent need situation. I am copying the post in its entirety in the hope that someone in the area (Thompson, PA), is...
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    Home Urgently Needed: ReRock
    krbobbio
    • Apr 18, 2012
    • 3 min

    Home Urgently Needed: ReRock

    White Bird gets a lot of requests to take in horses that need to be rehomed. In many cases, the owner is just looking to rehome the horse...
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    Cheers for the Hampden-Sydney Tigers!
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Apr 17, 2012
    • 1 min

    Cheers for the Hampden-Sydney Tigers!

    And especially LOUD cheers for those football team members who chose to spend their Saturday helping us muscle our way through some badly...
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    2012 Southern Piedmont Equine Conference
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Apr 11, 2012
    • 1 min

    2012 Southern Piedmont Equine Conference

    Saturday’s Equine Conference, sponsored by the Virginia Forage and Grassland Council, was held Saturday in Blackstone, VA. Not wanting to...
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    They came, they saw…
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Mar 25, 2012
    • 1 min

    They came, they saw…

    …they bathed, they groomed and they built fences- despite rain, mud and adversity. Yesterday, we were pleased to welcome the Fort Lee...
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    Chance Goes Home
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Mar 25, 2012
    • 1 min

    Chance Goes Home

    “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”~ Maya Angelou There is nothing...
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    Progress on the Quarantine Paddock
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Mar 25, 2012
    • 1 min

    Progress on the Quarantine Paddock

    This long awaited project is finally nearing completion. Thanks to a generous donation from the ASPCA, w were provided a bigger shelter...
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    “I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.” ~Gilda Radner
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Mar 10, 2012
    • 2 min

    “I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.” ~Gilda Radner

    What a beautiful day! You can now just see the buds on the trees and the daffodils are in full bloom. Our horses are basking in these...
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    A Rescue Snowy Morning
    White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue
    • Feb 20, 2012
    • 1 min

    A Rescue Snowy Morning

    A scene from the Rescue this morning. Four inches- wheee!!! Our northern friends are permitted to roll their eyes at our excitement....
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