Big Hoof Foundation

10/04/2025

Update on Birch the Clydesdale, grey percheron team and filly saved from almost shipping to slaughter! Thank you all for your support in helping to save these lives!

Episode 117 Thank you to all the subscribers and followers for helping on the last two fundraisers to rescue a Belgian Draft horse filly, 5 donkeys, a Clydes...

06/04/2025

IT’S BEEN A BUSY WEEKEND!!!! BUT, I wanted to let yall know the grey Percheron team and the Clydesdale are safe and have arrived at the farm!!! They arrived at about 1am!

As soon as we had the funds to cover their bail yesterday, I paid for them because Aaron our transporter had another load to take the opposite way and I didn’t want these 3 to stay there longer then they needed.

We will get more updates this week. The Belgians from Bowie will be here later this week!

I can’t thank you all enough for your support, kindness and generosity for supporting our mission and rescuing these horses! Thank you all so much!

05/04/2025

Help us rescue our first Clydesdale horse along with a grey percheron team & 2 Belgian Draft horses!

Thank you to all the subscribers and followers for helping on the last fundraiser to rescue a Belgian Draft horse filly along with 5 donkeys! Today we picked up the donkeys and the filly from McLean, Texas and got them home to the farm! I included the freedom ride video in this video! Everyone was eager to get in the trailer! This video however is for one more large fundraiser to help us rescue a team of grey Percherons and our first Clydesdale! Along with a Belgian Draft horse mare and gelding. We need your help to keep them from shipping to slaughter! The Clydesdale and Grey Percheron pair are at Fountain Hill Horse Company in Arkansas where we got Caitlin and Carter from a few weeks ago.

On April 3, 2025, I was tagged in a post on Facebook about a Clydesdale and a team of grey Percherons that were in danger of shipping to slaughter. Romeo, a 15 year old, 17.1 hands, grey Percheron gelding is bonded to Juliet, a 14 year old 17.1 hand, grey Percheron mare. The Clydesdale is a 5 years old 18.1 hands gelding and absolutely stunning! They are scheduled to ship to slaughter on Monday and we could use your help to save their lives.

While working on the 3 horses at Fountain Hills, a Belgian Draft horse mare and gelding came into Bowie Texas Livestock as well. The Belgians at Bowie seem to be in good condition and we would love to give them a place to retire after their years of working. There was no way I was going to let these beautiful horses ship to slaughter! So...we are doing one more big fundraiser to save these five lives from shipping to slaughter in Mexico! ​

If you can support this fundraiser to cover bail and transportation from Arkansas to Texas, we would greatly appreciate your support! These horses deserve a place to retire in dignity and grace!

All the details of the fundraiser are at www.bighooffoundation.org

Thank you to all the subscribers and followers for helping on the last fundraiser to rescue a Belgian Draft horse filly along with 5 donkeys! Today we picked...

04/04/2025

Y'all! We are rescuing our first Clydesdale! Help us rescue Birch, a 5 year old Clydesdale along with Romeo and Juliet a bonded pair of grey Percherons from Fountain Hill Horse Company in Arkansas. They are in danger of shipping to slaughter and we need your help to save them!
We have a fundraiser and all the details at www.bighooffoundation.org
We could definitely use your help to save their lives!

31/03/2025

Update on Persephone the Belgian Draft horse that refused to get off the slaughter truck in Mexico...
In November 2024, a Belgian Draft horse mare was posted on Bowie Texas Livestocks page because she was injured and was in bad shape. She looked to have been extremely abused because her eye was swollen, she had a huge wound on her hip and she looked absolutely defeated and beat up from the video that was posted about her. Our foundation (Big Hoof Foundation) did a fundraiser and we saved her life from shipping to Mexico for a second time! Come to find out when we picked her up, this poor mare had shipped to slaughter in Mexico, laid down in the trailer and refused to get off the truck at the slaughter house. We named her Persephone, because she had been to hell and back.
This is an update on how she is doing now after being rescued by our foundation, her LONG (4 month) road to recovery, hospitalization and FINALLY returning home to join the herd. Persephone had a fractured jaw, corneal abrasion, sinus infection, jaw bone infection and a laceration under her tongue. She underwent 2 surgeries to get rid of the infection. This horses has earned a place in all of our hearts, she is an inspiration for what true strength and perseverance looks like! Persephone is a fighter and we fought for her when she needed it the most!
We can't thank the staff at Mobile Veterinary Practice enough for all of their help and care with Persephone! Because of MVP, Persephone is finally home and ready for retirement life!

Episode 116In November 2024, a Belgian Draft horse mare was posted on Bowie Texas Livestocks page because she was injured and was in bad shape. She ...

26/03/2025

We still have a little left to go on our fundraiser for this beautiful Belgian Draft horse mares bail and transport.

The details of the fundraiser are at www.bighooffoundation.org

We appreciate everyone that has supported this fundraiser to save this mare from shipping to slaughter! Thank you!

20/03/2025

Update on Caitlin & Carter Belgian Draft horses saved from slaughter in Arkansas and another rescue.

WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN! SIX BELGIAN DRAFT HORSES HAVE BEEN SAVED! On March 9, 2025, because of all our amazing supporters, we rescued a bonded Belgian Draft horse mare and gelding from shipping to slaughter from a kill pen on Arkansas (Caitlin and Carter). The same week, an anonymous donor paid the full bail and transport for a Belgian Draft horse mare at another kill pen in Stroud, Oklahoma. While working on these two out of state rescues, our foundation was also working on and organizing a rescue of a filly and gelding Belgian Draft horses from a kill pen in McLean, Texas. All the horses we were working to rescue needed a soft landing and retirement home after years of being worked on Amish farms. When you see the condition of these horses, you will be shocked at the abuse they have endured. This video is what happened with all the rescues last week and how all the Belgian Draft horses are doing since arriving to the farm.

WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN! SIX BELGIAN DRAFT HORSES HAVE BEEN SAVED! On March 9, 2025, because of all our amazing supporters, we rescued a bonded Belgian Draft...

19/03/2025

On March 18, 2025, a group of donkeys were supposed to ship to slaughter from McLean, TX. Because of high winds in the Amarillo area, the transport to Mexico was delayed. I spoke to the kill pen today to see if one of the donkeys was still available. We were looking at a Jenny donkey that looks to have string halt. Another john donkey also needed to be rescued as well. The john donkey was bonded to another Jenny that was rescued by someone else but he was not rescued and left behind. I can't watch these poor donkeys ship to slaughter, so we are going to rescue these two! The lighter colored donkey in the pair video is the one we are rescuing.
If you can support this fundraiser to cover her bail and transport fees, we would greatly appreciate your support! These donkeys deserve so much better!
The details to the fundraiser are at www.bighooffoundation.org

11/03/2025

Update on the Arkansas Belgian Draft horse pair scheduled to ship to slaughter along with a surprise

On 3/10/25, we posted a video for an emergency fundraiser to save two Belgian Draft horses from a kill pen in Arkansas. I was tagged in a post on Facebook (y...

11/03/2025

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY! Caitlin and Carter are safe! Their full bail has been paid and our fundraiser is complete! We will have an update tomorrow on when they will be coming to the farm. We are working on coordinating transportation. We will also have another announcement tomorrow! Exciting times!

09/03/2025

Being in rescue there are so many ups and downs. This week we save a gelding and 2 donkeys from shipping to slaughter. However, this morning we had to say goodbye to Raylee that we just rescued a few weeks ago. She was down in the pasture and we did all we could to get her up. She was just too weak to stand. Dr Amber came out to the farm this morning and we gave her the last act of kindness.

We spent the morning with her brushed her, filling her full of Alfa pro and gave her all the love we could until the last seconds of her life. She passed peacefully surrounded by the herd. Run free sweet girl! You deserved so much more.

05/03/2025

It was brought to my attention today on Facebook, that there was a Belgian draft horse gelding and a John donkey that needed to be rescued one at Wish Upon a Horse and the other through Panhandle Feedlot and Kill pen Horses. We are doing a fundraiser to try and save these 2 lives. We have put a deposit on them to keep them off the truck on the 11th.
Our website, only allows for 2 fundraisers at a time. I will be manually updating the donations and you will still know how much money we raised for the horse and donkey.
As always we appreciate your support and generosity! Let’s save 2 more lives this week!
All the details are at www.bighooffoundation.org

04/03/2025

Episode 115Part 5 - Since the beginning of August 2024, because of your support,we have rescued 62 equines from shipping to slaughter from either Bowie Texas...

21/02/2025

Freedom Ride for 3 rescued horses saved from Bowie along with 2 extra passengers on todays pick up

Earlier this week, we did a fundraiser to rescue a confirmed pregnant, registered Belgian Draft horse mare and gelding from shipping to slaughter! I have bee...

18/02/2025

Help us rescue a confirmed pregnant, registered Belgian Draft horse mare and gelding from shipping to slaughter! I have been watching Bowie Texas Livestocks website all last week because they have a confirmed pregnant, registered Belgian Draft horse mare who is due in June. This poor horse was dumped after having 3 foals for the person who previously owned her. While looking through the website, there was also a senior gelding that looks extremely stiff in the back end. Also, on the ship list was a white Percheron mare who was dumped as well after working her whole life...she still has shoes on!

An anonymous donor reached out to me and wanted to help save some of the horses on the ship list as this person couldn't bear to see baby horses ship to slaughter. There were also 3 fillies and a c**t on the ship list. The donor wanted me to take the filly and c**t but we just don't have the capacity to take the younger horses at this time. We worked with another rescue group to take the fillies and c**t. The anonymous donor made us a deal, if we would fundraise for the pregnant mare and gelding the donor would cover the full bail for the percheron mare for us as well.
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Of course we said yes! SO...We need your support to save these two (well 3) lives from shipping to slaughter!
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All the details of the fundraiser are at www.bighooffoundation.org