NUMBER OF HORSES ADOPTED

From AlexBrownRacing

Tuesday, July 3rd... Keeping you informed. In the first six months of 2007 there have been 171 adoptions, with 3 horses returned. For the second half of this year we are hoping for a splurge. Like the morning after Christmas when shoppers at Wal Mart rush through the door and tear apart left over bags of Hershey Kisses. We would like to end 2007 with 400 adoptions, which would be an all time record. So far in 2007 we have rescued 226 horses. 5 of them have died. 46 have been sent to our wonderful foster families. There is an event trainer near Sacramento who has adopted 6 horses from us this year. Another girl in Vacaville has adopted 4 horses. Several have taken home 2 horses. We love our repeat customers. 14 times this year we have taken in horses from training barns because owners could no longer afford them. Three times this year a horse has been abandoned in our driveway. Also left in our driveway this year have been 15 cats, one dog, and a 10 gallon aquarium filled with guppies. Twice this year an angry parent has dropped off their teenage daughter and said here, keep her. Um, sorry. We take in animals, not moody kids. And recently I came home to find a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts at our front gate, and in the hot sun they were a mess. The box was gooey with glazed sugar, and you could actually see big grins on thousands of flies.

Over the years in our driveway have been abandoned rabbits, hamsters, birds, cats, dogs, a giant iguana, a little pony we named Samson and now he lives in Cache Creek, and a cage with 6 white rats and now they live with a friend in Davis.

Please do not quote me, because this number could be wrong. Since 1997 we have found homes for 2,055 horses. That figure includes public adoptions from killer pens. More than 20 horses were counted twice, as they were returned and then later adopted again.