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They are starving!
Marilyn Kroplic, In Defense of Animals (IDA)
Several days ago, the phone rang at IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary (HAS) to report 4 horses dead and 17 others dying of chronic neglect and starvation in the freezing Mississippi winter. Doll Stanley, HAS sanctuary director, leaped immediately into action!
Doll was STUNNED to find:
FOUR horses dead - decaying skeletons, picked to the bones, in a meadow. I can't imagine this level of suffering - starving to death!
SEVENTEEN clung to life, urgently needing food to survive just one more day...
Within an hour, we delivered hay.
As you read these words, we are now DELIVERING HAY EVERY DAY and brainstorming our next moves - relocation to other pastures, veterinary aid, and sourcing grain, supplements and medicines.
We are in the midst of a lifesaving situation!
SEVENTEEN sentient beings desperately need your help. We must help them - we must continue feeding 17 horses - somehow, someway, no matter what!
This was unbudgeted. Unanticipated. And it's absolutely URGENT!
One day's worth of hay costs almost $100. It’s adding up so fast. Within six months, food alone - lifesaving food - will cost IDA almost $15,000!
Can we count on YOUR support NOW?
SEVENTEEN lives are depending on you!
There's no one else—no other organizations--to help them, to feed them, and to keep them alive!
Your donation NOW of $10 or $25 (or even more, if you possibly can) WILL save lives!!!
TODAY Please —give as generous a gift as you are able.
Thank you for your gift of life - food for 17 starving horses - in this horrific emergency!!!
Marilyn Kroplick, M.D.
President, In Defense of Animals
IDA is involved in many projects to protect animals' rights, welfare, and habitats. Money contributed to IDA supports ALL of our worthy programs and gives us the flexibility to respond to emerging needs. Thank you for your support and consideration.