Tales
Animal Rescues
Recently Happy Trails has assisted with farm animal rescues in six counties, including Portage, Summit, Mahoning, Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, and Guernsey. We have welcomed a young calf who is now named Nelson, two goats named Venus and Serena, several horses, and an assortment of chickens, ducks, and roosters into our rehabilitation and recovery program. While some of the animals are doing very well, sadly we lost one of the horses last week, a four year old Thoroughbred gelding. We named him Durango, and will have a tribute to him posted on the website soon.
Giving Tree Program
Click HERE to learn more about the Happy Trails Giving Tree Program at five locations including Geauga Feed in Newbury, Western Reserve in Ravenna and Chardon, Pettigrew Feed in Rootstown, Barle Soup & Sandwich in Cleveland Heights, and Discount Stables in Mogadore.
Gift Shop
Saturday, December 21, and Sunday, December 22, all items in the Gift Shop will be reduced 20%, so be sure to stop by between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for your last minute shopping needs and show your support for the rescued animals! 100% of the proceeds from every purchase will go directly for the care of the rescued animals.
Holiday Wish List
A lot of folks have been asking what items would be good to donate for the animals for Christmas, so we put together a special holiday list to help out. See below.
Tails
Exciting News! Two rescued horses, Austin and Kate, have been accepted into the final stages of clinical trials at OSUVTH (Ohio State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital) in Columbus with regards to a new medication that may help horses with lameness and arthritis issues. They will be residents at the vet hospital for several weeks while the medication is administered and documented. What a great opportunity to possibly help these horses with their lameness issues and to help pave the way for this pain relief to be available to other horses as well.
Willis the pot belly pig and Zinger the pot belly pig both visited OSU for unusual tumors that appeared on both pigs. After a biopsy was inconclusive, Willis was scheduled for surgery to remove the mass on his side. Oddly enough, when it came time for surgery, the mass had shrunk and nearly disappeared, making surgery unnecessary. Crazy. The mass on Zinger was diagnosed as a fatty tumor, and no further treatment was deemed necessary. So what a relief for both piggies!
Zagato the horse was taken to Cleveland Equine Hospital after a possible colic scare last week. After IV fluids and being monitored for several days, all seems well and he is being released today in time to spend the holidays with his foster family.
A Taste of 2014
We’re not ready to announce the exact date quite yet, but we are planning a truly inspirational, amazing event which we will host in March 2014, and it will be called A Night Of Hope And Inspiration! At this very special event, we will have raffle items available to raise funds for the animals. If you would like to donate individual items or theme baskets for this raffle, your donation is tax-deductible. Contact the Happy Trails office at 330-296-5914 to pledge an animal-friendly (vegan) item or a theme basket for this wonderful, inspiring evening to benefit the rescued animals, and watch for more details about this event to unfold over the next several weeks!
Find their beautiful and informative December Newsletter by clicking HERE.
*Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that rescues, rehabilitates, and provides an adoption program for abused, abandoned, and neglected farm animals.
5623 New Milford Road
Ravenna, Ohio 44266
(330) 296-5914
For the full wish list, click HERE.
