Great news from the ASPCA. On Monday, March 1, the ASPCA announced their Million Dollar Rescuing Racers Initiative designed to help rescue retired racehorses. A generous, unnamed donor endowed the program which will distribute, over the course of two to three years, substantial funds to six well-deserving organizations.
The six organizations are: California Equine Retirement Foundation (Winchester, CA), Old Friends (Georgetown, KY), MidAtlantic Horse Rescue (Chesapeake City, MD), all contracted divisions of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and eight chapters of CANTER. These are all well established rescue organizations with long track records of saving retired racehorses and well deserving of these grants.
"The ASPCA truly values each group's steadfast efforts to promote equine welfare," says Jacque Schultz, senior director of ASPCA Community Outreach. "The thoroughbred that has given his all on the racetrack deserves to live out his life free of pain, fear and suffering."
Kudos to the donor for establishing this program. More kudos to the recipients and even more kudos to the ASPCA for recognizing and supporting the work of these organizations.
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