Another year has flown by and there are a lot of things to reflect on for me, personally. What a year it has been! Unless you’re new to GERL, you already know that the last year has been all about the three stallions that I fostered. Black Jack was castrated in August and the other […]
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Ft. Stewart stables – Bits & Bridle Equestrian Club
The last several months have been a whirlwind of weekly meetings to plan the four-day event scheduled for the first week in September at the Ft. Stewart stables in Hinesville. This “proof of concept” was a total success in many ways, and I am forever grateful to Tara and Kelly and the entire EIP team […]
Horses of Cumberland Island
You may remember back in Q2 of 2022, the story of the horses of Cumberland Island graced the cover of our newsletter. It was an informative accounting of my trip to the island with concern for the horses there. What I didn’t mention in that article was that the Georgia Equine Rescue League (GERL) and […]
No foster horses at my farm.
I was more than a little excited about the prospect of having no foster horses at my farm. I had just delivered Gypsy, a 22-year-old mustang mare I had been fostering since June, to her new foster home. And, after having Boone return, I was successful in getting him adopted almost immediately and he was […]
American Mustangs
Lately, there seems to be a lot of attention being paid to the American Mustangs that roam our western plains. A lot of the attention is criticism, and it is directed towards the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and their use of helicopters to roundup and cull the herds. They have actually been “vilified” by […]
As we say good-bye to 2021…
As we say good-bye to 2021, I can’t help but reflect on how quickly we shifted from supporting the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) with impounded equine to supporting therapeutic horses in the care of non-profits who serve our veterans and first responders. I distinctly remember someone from the GDA management team asking me “Wouldn’t […]
The Georgia Horse Fair 2021
The dust has long settled on the Horse Fair that GERL and the GHC hosted in April. It was so well attended that it surprised us all. Many people have let us know how much they enjoyed it and hope that there will be a repeat. As a result of the great turnout, the Georgia […]
Life in the world of GERL…
Life in the world of GERL continues to swirl for me. After almost a year, I received a phone call from a county law enforcement deputy asking if we could take a couple of horses into our program. Of course, we said yes, but ended up with only one new horse. Who would have thought […]
Things have been very quiet in the world of horse rescue.
Things have been very quiet in the world of horse rescue with regard to the pace of new arrivals that once filled the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s (GDA’s) impound barns. All of the barns stand empty now that the responsibility of picking up horses rests with the counties. It is hard to believe that there […]
The year 2020 will be remembered by most people as a year of extreme changes.
The year 2020 will be remembered by most people as a year of extreme changes. For many of us who have been in the trenches with the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s (GDA) Equine Division employees, it will also be remembered as the end of their program as we have known it for the past 27 […]
