Saving Freedom

25/04/2025

Some people are so kind and loving it is really something ..

when the online world of narcissism, entitlement and the ME generation make me feel down ... I have to remind myself that there are truly kind people out there.....

23/04/2025

More baby news!

The mamma camel at freedoms new stable home has had a little baby, a white camel, isn't it gorgeous

I hope freedom is being a good boy to it a good neighbour

20/04/2025

Beautiful wild strong beings

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Ally, Abby, Nusha, and Dory whooping it up this afternoon, with ATF president Pat Johnston in the background.

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12/04/2025

Sorry to ask again .. but there are a lot of regulars here who have not liked the page and joined it .. would you mind? It just helps any updates get out to everyone and helps the page visibiity to my follower.

With many thanks ###x

08/04/2025

Big news guys !!!!

Freedom is going to be a Papa!!!!!
He has sired a foal with one of Sayeds horses

I'm a bit nervous they are calling it MY FOAL as i cant really take on ANOTHER horse = it's been hard enough keeping Freedom going ..

But again i am SO happy that he got to have this experience

I didn't know about it till now !!!!!!

(no makeup photo - be kind ! )

03/04/2025

FLASHBACK

Freedom and the Cows.

Freedom still hasn't put on the weight i hoped ... but I was flicking through old photos and found this shot which is the profile shot for this page.

This is 4 days after he was rescued.

HE had to spend one week living with cows in a stable so he could quarantine into the stable and not spread disease to other rescued horses.

Looking at this shot I felt like WOW.. .yeah . .he HAS come a long way .. here you can see all his wounds from his working life that are clean but still gaping holes in his side . .took over a year for them to heal . .and he still has some scars.

He also looks a lot more frail and timid in this shot .. see his ribs and bones sticking out .... not like the cheeky boy he is now ....

Poor little sweetie. In this condition he used to drag heavy carriage round in the baking 40 degree sun with heavy tourists in the back ..... !!!

The days in this photo were his first walking on soft earth, with nails that were banged into his hoofs out ... and no chains and no bleeding open wounds which is how i found him ...

thanks everyone.

03/04/2025

When I'm depressed I watch animal rescue videos ... it makes me feel hope for animals .. but more than anything reminds me that there are beautiful humans out there beyond the rampant violence and narcissism

this is another sad yet happy horsie rescue story .. .

The moment he stands up for the first time...😭💙Anna shared with us the special spark that kept Riddle going, and what it was like seeing all his hard work ...

26/03/2025

Just got this lovely shot of Freedom guys ....

Its SO him ...

I am so happy for him . .and also so sad not to be with him . .but he has always been a cheeky smart boy and i can see some of his classic Freedom cheeky moves and traits in this video ..... it always amazed me how despite his suffering his strong personality has survived.

He looks much fuller but he still has a little bit of those bony rear haunches .. maybe that was just part of his development .. he was dragging heavy carts of heavy tourists covered in chains since he was a young pony and it might just be a developmental thing ......

I dont know.

The man holding him is our friend Sayed in swimming shorts who has been communicating with me . .again .. I really feel he likes him its not just having an 'object' you can tell in his body language.

Despite his drawbacks Freedom is still a part Arab white horse .. and that is quite a thing in Luxor .. when I used to walk him down the street every one would stop and compliment him .. he is very pretty and Arab horses are status symbols.

I didnt know this when I found him on the street . .I thought he was super old and close to death, he was covered in dirt and blood and chains ... and I had no idea that he was part Arab or so beautiful ...

I am contemplating a return tour of Egypt in 6 months so maybe we will have shots of me with him again.

Thank you again to all of you who have supported me and Freedom . .I truly am so grateful !!!!

24/03/2025

hi Guys ....

so sorry its been a long time - 2 months - since an update ...

Freedom seems to be going well and has had a couple of runs .... I still like where he is there seems to be a lot of nature and his stable is outside, spacious with other animal and he can move around ...

I was considering moving him after comments from a viewer who doesnt like these video of him running etc ... but for me .. it seems like he is getting attention . .I dont ask them at the moment to take him for runs or wash him . .they just do it.

They also dont hound me for money which is another great sign.

Communication has been challenging last 2 months as Rhianna completely dropped out of the picture which made it very very difficult for me as Freedom is staying with one of her friend s ..

I still have plenty of funds left and am trying to figure out how to send them direct to the guy as i was sending them to Rhianna before ....

So Freedom yearly fund raising will be put on for months this year ... probably around June-ish.

Deepest Gratitude to you all again for your interest

The Horse did a lot for Humanity and saving just one poor Horses life is a tiny way to pay that back ... thank you.

(PERSONALLY .... ??? I think Freedom LOVES running .. he NEVER ran before .... he was tied to a carriage since a young foal and never could run free ..... . also . .the person who wanted me to move him to a paddock saying his running was 'cruel' .... wanted UD $200 a month .. so ....

I still would like to get Freedom a better BIT as Egyptian bits are a bit rough .. but its a bit much for me right now since communication disappeared with Rhianna ..... but I hope to sort that out eventually .... considering the much much worse BITS he had before ... this bit is still an improvement and he is only wearing a BIT every now and then anyway. ...... ) ###x

Love to you all - Animal People are the BEST People!

11/01/2025

Hi Guys

Here is a video of Freedom eating and chilling this week...

**** UPDATE ****

Some of you guys know i was offered to move him last week to Cairo to go live on a horse farm .... the lady who offered showed me videos of her place and the horses look happy, free and well fed ..

The problem is it would be a 12 hour truck ride for freedom, he would need to be castrated at the other end and the lady wanted US $200 a month to keep him there .. I am still thinking a little bit about it but it would be hard for me to organise and have him moved without being there to move him myself so i am not sure although Id love to see him running with other horses ..

I am still trying to get better food for him and send more money but Rhianna has dropped out of contact for 9 week now and I am having a very stressful time figuring out how to communicate with her friend who has Freedom without her ..

been quite upsetting time actually .. as I really needed a period of feeing at Peace about freedom .. but anyway I am doing my best . .I still have funds for him for a few more months .. as these guys don't ask for money .... but the comms are getting me down.

Sorry for not fantastic news but hope you enjoy seeing him anyway.

With deepest and sincere gratitude again for all the support i have received over this .. .###

28/12/2024

Found this old photo of our boy last night his first night in his own stable and not working

27/12/2024

Hey guys, I was able to get through to Egypt tonight and speak to the man that has been taking care of freedom, I've never actually spoken to him as time difference is really big and I was relying on someone else to coordinate thing

 i haven't had any messages for almost 2 months, so I was quite frantic about freedom and also keeping you guys updated because I know a lot of you care and I'm completely relying on you for ongoing support for freedom,

Anyway, he said he'd send me a better video tomorrow, this is a pretty terrible photo, but I thought I'd share it anyway because he said freedom is starting to put on weight at last. As I've been trying to get him put on weight on those rear haunches for four years

He said he was limping when he got him, which is what I was told from the last carer which is why he wanted to get rid of him and put him back to work on the street

Anyway, feeling relieved again as I haven't had the word for six weeks and I get quite frantic when I don't know what's going on. I've had friends tell me to just get rid of him not care any more that it's too much after four years, I don't get anything out of this myself, but I really just cannot bear the thought of freedom being put to work again or being uncomfortable in anyway, because of how he was when I met him

Anyway, even though it's a terrible photo, it's great to see that those ribs on his side seem to be covering over but I'm looking forward to getting a video tomorrow. I can share if you guys

I do really love the stable he's in looks really big and there's lots of other animals around seems he gets to hang out a bit

I liked the guy I spoke to. You had a really warm nice smile and I asked you do you like freedom that's the most important thing for me, and he said he liked him a lot

Thank you again, so much for the bottom of my heart.

01/12/2024

13/11/2024

Someone sent me this today ...

I love it ...!!

It's what I have always said about Freedom .. and Horses

We owe the horse a lot ... and in some places they are treated like absolute slaves .. i.e. Egypt ....

They deserve our thanks and respect and FREEDOM.

27/10/2024

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03/10/2024

Horse cruelty in Egypt is pretty bad .. . maybe the worst apart from Donkeys who also have it very hard .. but I feel Donkeys are a bit more tough and ressenilient that Horses .. who are super hyper vigilant and very aware and sensitive.

Really really fed up with our world of animal cruelty

Please sign the petition below .... bless all of you here who have supported me and Freedom ... thank you !!!!

I was really in a mess 6 months ago when Freedom was in another crisis and you guys really came through with support not just financial but also emotional .. thank you !!!!

Urge the Egyptian Government to Address Animal Cruelty at the Pyramids

30/09/2024

FLASHBACK .....

The moment I walked Freedom away from his horrible tourist carriage life!!

I had been yelling in the street surrounded by a group of 15 Arab men for 1 hour and finally I gave them money to hire Freedom for 24 hrs.

I had to go find a stable and walked him to the other side of the city for about 2 hrs ... he followed me like a puppy through those noisy, trafficed streets ....

till we found a stable and he had food and quiet for the night .....

This was the first moment that I was able to lead him away from a life of hell ..

Since then it has been an ongoing battle to find him a forever home .... and people who will genuinely care for him ... but I have been so helped by all my supporters here

thank you ...

26/09/2024

Freedom looks like a real little proud Arabian Pony in this shot !!