LOVE.
♪ >> EVERY HORSE AT HIDDEN POND EQUINE RESCUE AS QUITE A STORY TO TELL.
>> THIS IS LOUISE.
>> BEAUTIFUL LOUISE.
>> WHAT IS HER STORY?
A FRIENDLY, SUITE HORSE -- SWEET HORSE WAS ALMOST SENT TO CANADA WHERE SHE COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN A FLUTTER HOUSE.
-- SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
>> WE RAISED THE MONEY TO GET HER OUT.
>> LOUISE WAS RESCUED, CAME HERE, AND GAVE BIRTH TO HER FOAL, 90, 4 YEARS AGO.
>> -- MAGGIE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
>> SHE HAD NO IDEA ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
>> HER MOTTO IS RESCUE, REHAB, REHOME.
>> THIS IS THE PART WHERE I AM GOING TO CRY, OK?
THERE WAS MADE BECAUSE NOW, IT GETS PERSONAL.
>> HER MISSION IS TO RESCUE HORSES DEEMED NO LONGER USEFUL OR IF THE OWNER CAN NO LONGER TAKE CARE OF IT, OFTEN AND UP AT VARIOUS AUCTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
>> IT IS IN AMISH COUNTRY.
THEY SELL THEIR HORSES OR BY NEIL GORSUCH -- BUY NEW HORSES.
>> SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN CANADA AND MEXICO ARE THE BIGGEST IMPORTERS OF U.S. HORSES.
THEY PAY BY THE POUND.
>> WHEN I WAS THERE THAT FIRST TRIP, THERE WAS A LOT SHORT, FAT, HEALTHY HORSES THAT I THOUGHT FOR SURE HAD GOTTEN GOOD HOMES AND I DID NOT REALIZE UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY THAT
THEY ARE ALL TIED AND THEY WERE GETTING LOADED IN THE HUGE TRAILER.
>> PHYLLIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOT EVERYONE WHO SENDS THEIR HORSE TO AN AUCTION KNOWS THEIR ANIMAL COULD POTENTIALLY FACE A DEATH SENTENCE.
>> SOME PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW.
THEY THINK THEIR HORSE IS GOING TO GET BOUGHT BY A FAMILY AND IT IS GOING TO HAVE A GREAT HOME.
>> I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE WONDERFUL THING YOU ARE DOING FOR EVERYBODY AND THE HORSES.
VERY WELCOME.
>> SHE HELPS RAISE MONEY FOR HIDDEN BOND.
SHE RECENTLY ADOPTED PUCK, GELDING, EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I KNEW HE HAD NOT SUC -- HAD SUCH A GREAT LIFE.
>> AS A NONPROFIT, IT RELIES HEAVILY ON DONATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHAT PHYLLIS CALLED BAIL MONEY, MONEY USED TO BUY A HORSE OUT OF THE SO-CALLED KILL PEN.
>> IT IS A RANSOM.
>> THIS FORMER RACEHORSE NAMED STEPHEN ONCE BURNED MORE THAN $82,000 RACING AT VARIOUS VENUES.
THE END -- HE ENDED UP AT AN AUCTION.
HE WAS A WALKING SKELETON.
HE HAD NO FLESH LEFT ON HIM.
HIS FEET HAD NOT BEEN DONE IN I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG.
>> THIS IS HIM TODAY.
ADOPTED AND HEALTHY.
ALLIE CHIPMAN RUNS A RESCUE CENTER IN RAYMOND P AT WHEN SHE LEARNED A VERY PREGNANT HORSE WAS IN A KILL PEN, SHE TURNED TO PHYLLIS AND HIDDEN POND FOR HELP.
>> I DON’T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT SHE HAS A BACK DEFORMITY SO THAT MAKES HER UNDESIRABLE SO SHE WAS NOT PICKED UP BY ANY PERSON WHO WANTED HER SO EVEN PREGNANT, SHE ENDED UP IN THE
KILL PEN.
PHYLLIS, HER MISSION IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
WE TRY TO RESCUE HORSES BEFORE THEY END UP THERE, BUT WE ALSO LIKE TO COLLABORATE SO IF THERE IS ANYWAY WE CAN WORK WITH OTHER RESCUES, FOCUSING ON THEM, WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE AS WELL.
BOTH WILL BE HEADING TO THEIR NEW HOME.
FOR PHYLLIS, IT IS ALL ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE HE HORSES -- SO MANY HORSES ONCE THEY ARE RETIRED AND GO UP FOR SALE, EDUCATION AT ARTS WITH THE KIDS
WHO HELP OUT AT HER FARM.
IT IS REALLY AMAZING TO WATCH THEM INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND JUST BE HORSES.
AND THEY COME IN AND THEY ARE THESE TRAUMATIZED, SKINNY, SOMETIMES AWFUL LOOKING CREATURES, AND TO WATCH THEM GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF BEING A HORSE AGAIN AND EVENTUALLY BEING
REHOMED, IT IS REALLY FULFILLING.
IT IS HEARTWARMING