Starved 7 year old Calif. Mustang, O’Dakota (aka Koda), and his devoted 4 year old off track Thoroughbred friend Chaska’ were sadly starving under the neglect of their previous owner. Wild for Life Foundation Lifetime Equine Refuge rescued them and although they‘re safe, they are not out of the dark. Both horses are seriously emaciated. It will take several months to restore them to health. Wild for Life Foundation (WFLF)'s gentle, soothing rescue and rehabilitation process will allow Koda and Chaska to heal in a calm and safe environment.
With local shelters full, Koda and Chaska’s lives were in grave danger even after being seized. Riverside county animal services originally discovered three starving horses, but sadly, one did not make it. This case is under investigation.

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Lifetime Equine Refuge is the primary equine rescue and recovery program under Wild for Life Foundation (WFLF), an all volunteer 501 c3 nonprofit charity dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving wild and domestic equines through rescue, sanctuary and education.
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With your help, more horses like O'Dakota and Chaska can receive a second chance at life.

Donate directly to WFLF's Lifetime Equine Refuge to support this rescue mission. We rely 100% on donations to save horses in need.

 

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Navajo Horses Rescue and Recovery Mission

Navajo Horses Rescue and Recovery: The Navajo Horses Rescue and Recovery provides for the urgent needs of horses and burros found in life threatening situations as related to the Navajo Nation roundups and slaughter. At risk equines rescued through the WFLF program will never be subject to roundup or slaughter again. Learn More

Seventeen Navajo wild horses, ages 6 months -5 years old are welcomed to Wild For Life Foundtion's Safe Haven Horse Spirit Ranch, Bonsall, CA.These sacred Navajo ponies were at risk of slaughter after being captured off the reservation “as strays”. They were evacuated out of northern New Mexico by WFLF’s Navajo Horses Rescue and Recovery Mission to CA where they were received in love and compassion under WFLF’s Lifetime Equine Refuge. More than 2,000 of their four-legged brothers and sisters have lost their lives during the U.S. government funded roundups which the vast majority of Navajo people oppose. More about this rescue of Navajo Wild Horses

21 orphaned Navajo foals rescued through Wild for Life Foundation’s Lifetime Equine Refuge under the Navajo Horses Rescue and Recovery Mission. The foals had been discovered in life threatening situations. Navajo's wild horses are being rounded up from their Native homeland on the reservation. The foals ranging in ages from 2 - 7 months were orphaned during the roundups after losing their mothers to slaughter. More about WFLF's rescue of these orphaned baby Navajo wild horses

 

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Lifetime Equine Refuge is proud to extend a very special thanks to Dr Elliot Katz of In Defense of Animals his kind support in the rescue of Papala and Tawaci, two Mustangs that were recently bound for slaughter.  It really came down to the wire for these two once free roaming wild horses, but this was a collaborative rescue effort. We would also like to extend a very special thanks to Neda DeMayo of Return to Freedom for being there to help with QT and tfor assisting in the placement of these two Mustangs.

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Gypsy and Smudge are two Mustangs that were rounded up and removed from their legal herd area in Northern CA, by the BLM. They went through the adoption process and were trained by a reputable wild horse trainer, but these two free spirited wilds just were not cut out for a life of domestic servitude. Their previous owner later relinquished them to a person they thought would provide a good home for them, but sadly they were "scammed" and these two very special horses wound up on a feedlot bound for slaughter. Shelby is another rescued Mustang that came from the same herd as Smudge and Gypsy at the Carter Res HMA. Shelby too had been down the long road of post BLM adoption and recently found herself orphaned. Through the generosity of supporters like you; Shelby, Gypsy and Smudge are now living out the their lives forever in safe harbor.