UHC Roundup – December 2017

The following is from UHC:

The UHC Roundup

DECEMBER 2017​
The  UHC Roundup is an online publication that compiles news articles and events related to unwanted horses. It highlights UHC member programs and success stories spanning all breeds, disciplines, and regions.I
f you wish to share your story of unwanted horses becoming wanted again, contact the UHC at afurst@horsecouncil.org.
UHC NEWS
Happy Holidays from the Unwanted Horse Coalition!​The UHC would like to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday and a wonderful New Year! Thank you for your past and continued support of the UHC. We are looking forward to 2018 with some new and exciting initiatives in the works!Read More

Feature Photo“The UHC has helped us with five mini stallions, which is amazing! Sadly, many of the minis that enter the action pipeline are studs, I guess because owners don’t want to spend the money, and the little ones are easy, even as stallions.”
Program Highlight

Somehow, through the flames, smoke, chaos and tears, an army of heroes emerged in California. Some were burned, some bruised, but all were relentless in aiding the struggling people and horses of the San Luis Rey Downs Fire.

Success Story

It was just another ordinary Tuesday in 2001 for Janet Rowe, owner of Saving Grace Equine Rescue in Bracebridge, Ontario. She was making one of her frequent trips to the Ontario Livestock Exchange in St. Jacobs, Ontario, to look for another horse in need to rescue, rehab and re-home.

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Read More about Mud Slide

 

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Operation Gelding Updates

2,330 stallions gelded
$152,275  in funding provided
186  gelding clinics supported
Clinics offered in   33 states
306 vouchers distributed
UPCOMING CLINICS
January 13, 2018
Hope in the Valley Equine Rescue, North Wichita, KS
January 17, 22, 24, 2018
KSU College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, KS
January 27, 2018
Edisto Equine Clinic, Yonges Island, SC
April 11, 2018
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
April 28, 2018
Horse Haven of Tennessee/University of Tennessee Vet Med, Lancing, TN

Click HERE to see full list of clinics.