SAFE! Mustang in Petaluma,CA Auction Kill Pen

[NanciK]

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[NOTE: the Petaluma Auction is located in Sonoma County, California, about 1 hour north of San Francisco]

From: Jim and Kathy Sparling <[e-mail]>

> Subject: Fw: Cherokee Mustang Gelding
>
> We are hoping to find someone who can provide a home for
> Cherokee, a 4 year old pinto mustang gelding that used to
> live at our ranch. Right now he is at the Petaluma
> Livestock Auction Yards; we didn't know he was going
> there but found out after the fact. We aren't sure if
> they will put him through the auction sale , or just continue
> to hold him. He is probably around 14 to 14.2 hands, has
> been gentled and handled using natural horsemanship methods
> for around two years, and has an outgoing personality. He
> tends to be initially a little suspicious of humans, but is
> very curious and friendly once he has warmed up to you. He
> has been started under saddle, but is extremely green
> (probably less than half a dozen rides and those were a
> while ago).
>
> Here are some pictures taken last year. He is a really
> nice horse who deserves a great home. Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Kathy

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Phone number for the Petaluma auction is [phone]

[agilitygal]

Boy, oh boy. Here's one horse that doesn't deserve this kind of an ending. Can anyone down there help him?

[swissgrl]

Nice!

[NanciK]

Another picture .... WOWZA!

[Kirsten]

OH MY!!! WOWZA WOWZA!!!

If only...I wasn't in school...lived in or near CALI....had a wonderful ranch....LOL!!! He would be MINE!!! dang it!!!

[barbpurple]

wow is right but i like the buckskin behind him ,,man he is a looker also,,,,,

[gratefulknits]

This auction yard is all of 10 minutes from my house; I couldn't get there until Friday afternoon but if anyone wanted me to go there and get more pictures (if he's still there and if the yard owner allows) I will. He's a beauty, I wish I could take him ...

[NanciK]

Can anyone offer him a home? So many of us live close by, and we want to help him ... but ...
we need a soft place for him to land.

[Kirsten]

So he is in a kill pen right now? How long does he have??

[NanciK]

I think until Monday morning , that's when the KB's ship the horses from the Petaluma auction.

BUT ... details are sketchy ... he's at risk right now ... we need to act quickly. It's very unusual for a horse to just take up residence there ... let's assume the worst cast scenario, and help him !

MTA: This is a really awful, AWFUL place ... this feedlot is for cattle, few horses come through here, and when they do, they're doomed ... no one comes here to buy a horse. Any horse landing here is 99.999% going to slaughter ...

[Kirsten]

Well I crossposted onto SOS if that is okay...and I will contact a few mustang contacts I have.....fingers crossed....

[mickeyfan3]

I can cross post on BAEN chat board . I just did the budget w/ hubby right now and trying to be responsible and pay off a couple of credit cards...I will be divorced and homeless if I tried to bring him home and pay board on a 2nd horse right now -but he is absolutely gorgeous....dang it.

There's space in the 2 horse paddocks at our barn - $190 a month, if anyone down here (Livermore) wants him........and there's someone on site who may be able to start him. She's done a great job w/ my friends 3 1/2 year old Paint gelding......I don't mind doing groundwork w/ him and giving him lots of loves.....

Seriously though - I hope someone can grab him.

[mickeyfan3]

Hey - if someone can get me more details (price, how much time he has, etc) and if someone's got a temp place for him to land....no promises but there is a woman in Sonora, CA who's got 60 acres and has adopted 4 at risk mustangs. She's a friend or acquaintance of my aunt. I can see if she's interested.

[emjay]

I'm liking the looks of the buckskin too. such nice horses ending up in such ugly places.

[bridgetah]

This is terrible! I wish the posters would just step up and get him back.

I can't take him, but I'll send this around. I could donate a small amount towards getting him out.

[gypsyrn]

I would help if I had some place to qt him, but don't have extra panels/shelter to separate him from the others, if someone can help there I have room just need to throw up a qt spot

[NanciK]

Hi Stacie - Can you please connect with Katie Moore? She's the one who got the original email and is in a position to give you more info, and lives in Sonoma County.

Katie's email: [e-mail]
Katie's home phone: [phone]

[Admin]

I e-mailed the original owner to see if there is a possibility of them taking him back.

[gratefulknits]

I believe the original email didn't come from the owners, but rather from Kathy Sparling who runs a boarding and natural horsemanship training facility here in Sonoma County.

[afinenettle]

I sent out an email alert for Sonoma County on this guy after getting a phone call from Kathy Spalding. I sent out an alert for a dog adoption at the same time that Katie Moore had sent me...hence some confusion I see.

Michelle from Saddles and Boots responded to that email and went down and got him out of hock at the auction yard. He was waiting for the next auction which is every Monday at Petaluma. He is now at Kathy Spaldings so that is wonderful for him. He is home for now but will probably be needing a forever home sometime soon.

There are 5 more horses down there; some are a little skinny. There will be more by Mon.

I will be posting to try and get folks interested in going down there and bidding on Mon. I have no foster facilities at this point for auction horses. Any help appreciated and would love to work with whomever is willing to go to auction. I have been there and bought a horse before.
Kate Sullivan
SAFER
Sonoma Action For Equine Rescue
707-824-9543

[chatty]

Dec 16, 2008 22:11:49 GMT -5 barbpurple said:

wow is right but i like the buckskin behind him ,,man he is a looker also,,,,,

Yes, that buckskin...Bob's favorite... ..

[NanciK]

Yep, that's a handsome buckskin, but I don't think that horse is at risk. That picture looks like it was taken during better times when the mustang was boarded with the person who wrote the original email. I've seen the Petaluma Auction yard, a dreadful place, and that picture is not from there.

[Admin]

Hi,

This mustang has been rescued by a kind soul in the area. He is now safe at my ranch, and we will be keeping him here until a permanent home can be found for him. We had already rescued another mustang from the same auction yard, but lacked the funds to buy the second one.

Thanks for your inquiry. We do want to find a good home for him, so keep us in mind if you know of one.

Kathy


--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Dean <[e-mail]> wrote:

> From: Dean <[e-mail]>
> Subject: mustang at auction
> To: [e-mail]
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 9:38 AM
> Hello,
> Someone posted a memo on our forum that you have a mustang
> at risk of shipping in a kill pen.
> What can we do to help? Can you take him back?

[swissgrl]

So happy he is off the crummy lot. Hope they find him a good home!