Slim the horse

Nicole of Hollow Creek Farm wrote to me. They had just walked two starving horses to their farm from a neighboring farm. The more decrepit horse, Slim, was as she described it, "one banana peel from a hole in the ground". The horse was dripping the effects of illness and malnutrition from its nose, and it was a collection of mostly bones wrapped in thin, shivering skin. As HCF staff walked the horse away, after encouraging the owner to relinquish it without the use of force or profanity (til out of ear shot), they noticed a yard with a new beautiful truck, and swimming pool. As they walked the starving horse from the people who claimed they couldn't feed it, they noticed a brand new John Deere riding lawn mower, and 4x4 Polaris. A few recreational 4 wheelers dotted the poor, financially strapped homestead.

HCF put the horse in a stall, covered it with a warm blanket, and fed it a restorative diet of beet pulp. The vet arrives this morning with a slew of medicine and antibiotics. The horse is being fed small meals six times a day. This poor horse's troubles of neglect are over, though it will have a hard fight over the consequences of neglect. However, Nicole would go without food herself before she would let this horse know another moment of hunger.

Saving this horse will be expensive. It is just one horse, and there are many starving horses in today's economy. This is one horse that has come to my attention though, and Nicole asked if I could see if anyone might be tempted to donate to their nonprofit farm via hollowcreekfarm.org to help save Slim.

And for the first time in recorded history, this blog is offering a contest! The person with the top donation in the next 24 hours to HCF for Slim's recovery, (mention you are on the Vicky Blog Giant Giveaway) will be sent the lovely pastel featured on this post. Be sure you include contact information with your donation.

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me." Matthew 25:45