Molly
March 3, 2021
Molly was listed as #3652 on the Bowie Kill Pen Auction website in Texas in May of 2021. She was set to be sent to slaughter on May 3rd, 2021. This is her video from their website where I first laid eyes on her. After seeing her online, I paid her “bail” and arranged for someone to trailer her to a vet as soon as possible. If you don’t know about kill pens, please read more, it’s a horrific practice and there are thousands of horses that need help.
March 9, 2021
Molly was trailered to Brazos Valley Equine Hospital in Salado, Texas to have a vet check, test for strangles, and see if she was indeed pregnant as mentioned in the kill pen video. Dr. T tested her for Strangles (negative) but she did have bad eye and nose discharge. Her hooves had not been trimmed in ages, it was painful to walk. And, there is the baby!
March 12, 2021
Molly was trailered to our Texas rescue facility and shown her new home. Happiness and relief was apparent as she nickered all the time, rolled in the open pastures, and grazed alongside the chicken.
We worked on getting a farrier to see her, get her body clipped (she was matted and covered in grease and glue).
May 14, 2021
Molly is moved to Elgin Veterinary Hospital in Elgin, Texas to be on 24/7 watch as we wait for her to foal out. She was a sweet girl and many friends and family visited her daily as we waited for baby. We took her on walks, fed her lots of carrots, groomed her and braided her hair. She loves to be pampered!
May 27, 2021
Butter is born! Read more about Butter’s story HERE.
June 20, 2021
After foaling out, Molly was very aggressive to the point that the vet had to place a padlock on her stall after she attacked several of the stable hands and veterinary assistants. Her hormones had gone through a big change and she was untouchable and could not be sedated due to nursing Butter. The vet gave us 3 days to move Molly due to the liability she was causing.
We trailered Molly and Butter to a training facility in Florence, Texas so Molly could be worked with and Butter could be handled and used to human interaction.
November 12, 2021
Over several months we had worked alongside a trainer to wait for Molly to come back around in hopes her hormones would even out and she would return to being her sweet self. Unfortunately, she became a liability and dangerous to our facility, staff, and trainers after injuring someone. We did not want to see her go back to the auction. We leveraged our connections and found a family outside of Dallas, Texas that offered to give her a forever home in a pasture on a large ranch. This was a very difficult choice, but rescue and rehome is part of what a rescue does. She will live a stress free life, and we can continue to save other horses knowing we are providing our other rescues and staff a safe environment.
We still video chat with Molly’s new Mom and see Molly often. She’s loving her life in the open pasture where she will remain for the rest of her days.
