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Kataluna Horse Rescue Is dedicated towards rescue and rehabilitation for equines in need!
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This page was created to share our horses life changing journeys through rescue of slaughter bound horses. As well as embark on the amazing opportunities to allow humans be the student, and learn from the horses point of view.

06/29/2025

I’ll never get tired of these before and afters😍 this time featuring Oats the donkey!

Oats was a yearling donkey we met at our local sale barn and came home on our trailer unexpectedly. He was a super shut down stud with a gnarly cut right above his right hind coronet band.
Now after just a couple months he’s healthy, happy, he greets you and calls for you at the fence for attention and is just the sweetest little soul❤️
Oats “after photo” was taken by an absolutely incredible photographer I had the pleasure of working with this week ! I can’t wait to share more of our herd that Adam captured because they are so beautiful!!

06/28/2025

This is rescue reality. They say the hardest of jobs are those being worked on the front lines, and in the animal rescue world, that is just about as close as you can get. Statistics show that people who work in animal rescue have one of the highest su***de rates in the country along with first responders and construction workers. The problem starts with too many in need, and not enough help. These people who run rescues and sanctuaries are fighting a battle every day to stay afloat financially, physically, mentally and emotionally all while supporting the needs of tens or hundreds of those who don’t have a voice to stand up for themselves. Often those same people who are trying to *help* the problem and *make a positive difference* are all at the same time, being extremely bullied, harassed, and scrutinized.
I think I can speak on behalf of all my fellow rescues that at some point we’ve all been told we’re doing it wrong, we’re not enough, and even in extreme cases, that we deserve to die. How incredibly awful is that.

Just like you, just like me, just like everyone, we are trying our best. We are trying our best to fix a problem we didn’t create, to heal hearts we didn’t break, and to show nothing but kindness and compassion to those who need it most.

Some of you may wonder why I’m sharing this post. Well a few days ago the rescue community lost an incredible woman. Mikayla Raines who ran tragically passed away by su***de. She suffered extensive online bullying despite doing everything right in helping animals who needed her. These comments, words, and “keyboard warriors”, even though that title feels so wrong to say because “warrior” is the farthest thing from a person who brings people down for no good reason, these words have have meaning. We read them. We wear our hearts on our sleeve and honestly we do take them to heart because it’s just who we are. We dedicate our entire livelihood to this purpose. This rescue IS our life. It IS who we are.

Words matter. Support matters. Love matters. And I think this world needs a little more of all of that. I would like to encourage you to tag some of your favorite animal rescues (or even just people dedicated to supporting animals) below. By doing so I hope we can connect more together as a family, to offer that support system to one another who need it. We rally for each other🧡

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06/26/2025

🚨‼️EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER‼️🚨

We are asking for help ASAP to get these TWO out of the slaughter pipeline!❤️‍🩹 Yesterday afternoon we were tagged in a post in regard to an emaciated mama and her brand new baby at her side going through a sale in Texas. Seeing her face and those eyes just made something in me know we needed to help. She needs us now, her baby needs us now, and we can help get her here and get her all the love and care in the world that she needs to thrive in such an important time in her life. We’ve had a few mamas and babies come through our doors that I just can’t bear to think where they would have been otherwise had we not come together as a community to help. So in honor of little Prim (one of the original Kataluna babies) turning one year old, we are going to help this mama and her baby get the best life we can give them.

In reality, these two are going to be here for quite some time. We are hoping to fundraise $5000 which I know seems like a lot but in reality will be gone so fast with how much care they need. If you can help, please consider donating, or even just spreading the word. You never know who may want to help❤️‍🩹 These two need it now more than ever.

❤️GOAL: FUNDRAISER COMPLETE! THANK YOU SO MUCH❤️

Venmo: (under CHARITIES)
PayPal: [email protected] (under CHARITIES)
ZELLE: [email protected]
DonorBox/Card/ApplePay: donorbox.org/donate-today-257

06/25/2025

Happy FIRST BIRTHDAY to our dear baby Prim🥹😭💖🌸

Gosh I just can’t believe how fast this year has gone and how lucky I feel that we’ve been able to spend this first year of her life together. From rescuing her mama who we had no idea was pregnant at the time we met her, to the moment she was born which we were so fortunate to whiteness and be apart of, while being watched over by my beautiful angle Luna, to a full 365 days around the sun learning growing and adventuring together. Prim is such a special and sweet little soul with her own bit of spice and creativity that makes her exactly who she is! Giving her that space to grow and express everything that she is is so important. Happy big first birthday Prim! We love you so much and can’t wait to see where this life takes you💖🥹

06/23/2025

Brambles before and after🥹❤️

Sweet Bramble was a senior gelding we met at our local auction in May. This old guy who looked rather quiet and reserved, was carrying so much with him when we met we had no idea about. From formerly broken withers, severe kissing spine, a broken tooth, in his mid to late twenties, old shoes on all four feet, this guy needed help. And that’s exactly what we did, he’s so much happier and healthier now, and is officially ready for adoption as the most amazing wonderfully sweet old gentleman❤️ I just live for these transformations🥹

📸 Rosioru

06/20/2025

One day you’ll realize, that happiness was never about your job, your education, your social standard or your relationship. It was never about being liked others or being liked by others or being accepted by society. One day you’re going to see that happiness was always about the discovery, the joy, and the hope in listening to your heart and following it wherever it goes. Happiness was always about being kinder to yourself. It was always about embracing the person you were and are becoming. It was always about you. It’s okay for it to be about you.

Photograph of Lefty by my amazing friend and photographer 🖤🤍

06/11/2025

Recently I’ve noticed something about old man Ernie that I’ve yet to notice in our years together. This winter when he shed out the little of a winter coat he already has, I noticed his grays. I mean really noticed them. All his little grey hairs and grey spots coming in that seem so prominent now only to just last year.

Ernie is a horse is most likely in his late twenties to late thirties but he’s got hardly any teeth left to be able to tell anyway. Let me tell you though, up until recently, you would have never known. Ernie runs like the wind, plays with the yearlings, rises up to the challenge for his herd, and never ceases to put a smile on people’s face with his requests for pets and scratches. But this year in particular, I really see his grays.

Each grey hair that tells a story or his life, each change of his colors that grow with each change of season. I think about where Ernie would be if he wasn’t here, or in this fact of the matter, where he wouldn’t be.

We wouldn’t be able to watch him grow old or give him his favorite mash that he looks forward to every day. We wouldn’t be able to put his belly ointment on when he’s itchy, or laugh as he farts when he runs because that’s just what old men do. We wouldn’t be able to watch him live out his best days simply because someone thought “he wasn’t worth it”. If you ask me, these seniors are worth more than we can ever imagine. They are worth their knowledge and their wisdom, their gentle nature and their willingness, they are worth their love and their support. Teaching the next generation of horses and horsemen.

These seniors are worth their weight in gold and I wish more people loved them as so. Hang on to that for as long as you can.

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06/09/2025

This horse🥹 This horse has so much of my heart. I met her just before she was going to be euthanized simply because she could not live up to the expectations her people had of her. For over eight years she’s been with me through first loves, heart breaks, new and old friends, past and present homes, mountains of grief, and memories and adventures that will last us a lifetime. I swear she knows me so well I think of something and she makes those dreams a reality. My best friend, my heart horse, my Piper🖤🤍

Thank you for capturing our journey together all these years!

06/07/2025

Another before and after of Tucker that I just can’t get over🥹❤️ this guy has just come so far in three months of having his world changed!

I’ve been having a few people ask me for a Bramble update, as of right now he is stable and doing well❤️‍🩹 I can’t thank everyone enough for the positive thoughts, encouragement and prayers. We are working with our vet and still trying to figure out a bit more of what is going on but he’s just being the sweetest and bestest boy through it all❤️ As much as I wish they could, horses can’t tell us exactly what they are going through and where the pain is, so it’s a lot of trial and error, working down the list and checking things off when it’s a more “difficult” and not as obvious case. Keeping him comfortable and happy is my top priority and that’s exactly what we are doing our best to do❤️

02/13/2025

What’s cuter than a baby donkey wearing heart sunglasses on Valentine’s Day?…. Absolutely nothing this is as cute as it gets🥹💖 featuring the best photobomb of all time in the third picture😂 Hard to believe this was already a full year ago with baby Aretha & Elton! Who have both been adopted into the most incredible and loving homes we could ask for!❤️

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Our Story- Living through Liberty

This page was created to share the amazing opportunities that allow humans be the student and horses to be the teacher, and for us to learn from their point of view.

I grew up working with rescue horses using the “typical” type of horsemanship training, until when I was twelve years old one horse in particular came into my life and turned all that around. These methods that I always considered to be the only way of working with horses, were being shut down left and right. This horse was scared, frightened of humans and not ready to trust. Others had tried their methods on her, some helped, some did not, but I was at a loss. Honestly, I was scared. I had made all the choices I thought I knew how, until I soon came upon this idea of letting the horse choose, and letting the horse be completely FREE rather than forcing her to engage. I will admit, I was hesitant. I was scared if I took off the ropes, she would run, that if I gave her the choice, she would choose no. But that is the reality we had to face. Five years later, by using this method of FREEDOM, we developed a trust, a team, and most importantly a friendship. My ways of working with horses changed forever.

Since then, I have come across so many amazing horses through fostering, adoption from feed lots, etc. I am currently working in Washington to grow and exploit this “training” technique to share with the world of equine. We appreciate everyone who comes through to our page and hope to inspire you and your four legged friend to try something new in honor of them!