Quick Update - Both mares were successfully delivered to Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah.
We have found a forever home for one of our orphans At Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang, so only Cowboy, his mom Lacy and Cicero will still be available for adoption.
With 18 horses at one facility, which need to be moved within the next month, and 38 horses left at the new facility, we have a total of 56 including the babies. (We would have had 51 after 5 were adopted but that number has increased to 9 who are supposed to be leaving next week). So we are looking at new totals.
We are extremely hopeful that these placements work out and circumstances do not change.
To summarize, a planned transport of 9 horses this coming week and 10 the week after will reduce the total number of horses to 37, (Cowboy and his mama are not included in these figures as they are at Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang.) Transportation fees for these 19 horses will take another large chunk out of the funds. (10 are going as far as Texas)
Out of nearly $23,000 raised, we are barely left with enough to feed and pay the board for the remaining 37 for a few months. It is roughly $2500 to provide hay and care for them per month.
Part of those spent funds includes the new fencing for the additional area, which will save funds by allowing the horses supplemental grazing which will save on hay.
I wanted folks to understand why Matt and I took our much needed shelter to NV. I simply could not raise funds for hay that would not be properly stored. It isn't fair or honest.
We will have made tremendous progress if the expected adoptions/placements go through. Thank you for sticking with us and helping us find all the horses homes.
Matt and I never signed up for this but when God puts something in front of you, it is what you do. We are grateful for so many wonderful folks keeping these horses out of the slaughter chain.
If you are thinking about adopting, please stop and think very hard. We have horses that were not randomly and indiscriminately bred on private property that are still at risk of going to slaughter.
Please adopt from these horses before you go to a sanctuary (such as our local one) that is deliberately breeding and can obviously care for the ones that are not adopted. Until these horses are all permanently placed they are still at risk, where as the ones being deliberately bred already have a forever home if no one else adopts them.
If you are interested in adopting a wild mustang but need help halter training your colt or filly, please call me 530 474 5197. It is crucial that we find good homes for these horses.
Thank you for your continued support and for sharing this information.
Please remember we still have mustangs ready for adoption at Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang. They are ready, or will be soon, for adoption and you are more than welcome to come and visit them. 530 474 5197 if you would like to chat. Our mailing address is Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang, 34694 Sidebottom Rd., Shingletown, CA 96088
You can go to Youcaring - https://www.youcaring.com/let-em-run-foundation-for-55-wild-horses-orphaned-foals-415297 to help us save these horses.
You can go to Paypal - Palominodancer@yahoo.com or go to our website
www.chillypepper.org if you would like to help us help the horses.
We so appreciate all the love and support you show and for being part of the solution for these horses. Please remember that your donations are tax deductible and what a great write-off :)
Thank you as always for making this happen!
We leave tomorrow to take Cowboy to a "meet and greet" with Lacy J Dalton at a fund raiser in Smartsville, CA. Then we will continue on down to Apple Valley, CA where Honey will be delivered to her forever home.
Thank you and if you are interested in sharing the evening with the Great Lacy J Dalton, here is the info:
ENJOY GREAT AMERICANA MUSIC FROM THE VINEYARD STONE STAGE, RELAX IN THE AUTUMN BREEZES OF THE RANCH, NESTLED AMONG THE PETITE SIRAH VINES …
Stone stage view chair set up Umbrellas edited
Outdoor Stone Stage
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2015
3-5 PM, Doors Open at 2
JANE RIVAR of HIGHLAND SPRINGS HEALING CENTER at River Highlands Ranch, and LACY J DALTON of the LET ‘EM RUN FOUNDATION are collaborating with their music to bring awareness to equine-assisted healing programs and the efforts to save wild horses from slaughter.
This benefit concert is generously co-presented by Greg Gauthier of GAUTHIER CELLARS.

THANK YOU to everyone who loves and supports these wild horses. Without your help, we would not be able to do this. However, together we did it. With your help to secure roofing materials we were able to take our shelter to NV so we would have a dry place to store the hay these horses so desperately need to survive.

Matt and I spent 4 days in NV with some wonderful folks who helped get the shelter up. We were able to camp in our trailer to save funds on lodging, so the Rolling Foal Hospital is being used for many wild horse endeavors. Matt is heading back with Tim (a friend and volunteer) to finish some structural aspects and we will be getting temporary siding (tarps) until we can afford more permanent siding.

Again, we want to say thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. Y'all covered the fuel and roofing material costs and we so appreciate that.

There are many beautiful horses waiting to be adopted. We are trying to secure as many homes as possible before the bad weather inhibits transportation.

That being said, Matt and I will be heading to Utah to deliver two of the wild ones in the very near future. We also have another group of 5 heading out in the next week or two. So that means a few less mouths to feed, PTL! Of course we have to thank the crew who will be staying here taking care of the critters while we are gone.

However, it is necessary for us to move Rojo and Waylon's bands over to this facility in the next few weeks. But before we can do that, we need to purchase electric fencing, fence posts etc. Matt and I are taking all that we have at Chilly Pepper that are not currently in use and if anyone else has any t-posts they might want to donate, that would be awesome.

There is a beautiful pasture across from where the horses are now, and once it is fenced we will actually have some natural feed available which will also save on hay costs.

This property has an abundance of water, PTL, and in the drought we are in, that is simply a gift from God. He is blessing this project as we are operating on fumes like always. No one involved in this project actually "signed up for it", but when you are minutes away from horses being loaded on the slaughter truck there isn't time to figure out the rest of the equation. So God put this in front of us and we are definitely hands on and very involved in this project. We are working with the Let 'em Run Foundation, Shirley and Bruce Allen, John D and many other wonderful folks who simply stepped up because there was really no other choice.

So we celebrate every donation and are so very appreciative of the love and support y'all continue to show for these beautiful animals. (please know that they are so appreciated and I will get out thank you's as soon as I am able. Unfortunately right now is an extreme "boots on the ground" situation, which means my paperwork is piling up and I am sadly behind, but I will get to it as soon as I can.)

On the home front, Cowboy has shared the story of our wild horses as he starred at several community events. He rocked them, (of course - he is a mustang) and we are spreading as much information about the plight of America's Heritage, our beloved horses with each appearance. All of the babies bring such joy to the children (and the big kids too), at these events, and we are grateful to be part of such a supportive community. He has several more appearances in the next month and we know he will continue to make us "mustang proud"!**

We thank you for the love and support and for being part of Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang and making it possible to keep caring for the critters that God sends our way.

Please remember we still have two beautiful little souls at Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang in Shingletown looking for their forever homes. They are ready for adoption and you are more than welcome to come and visit them. 530 474 5197 if you would like to chat. Our mailing address is Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang, 34694 Sidebottom Rd., Shingletown, CA 96088

You can go to Youcaring - https://www.youcaring.com/let-em-run-foundation-for-55-wild-horses-orphaned-foals-415297 to help us save these horses.

You can go to Paypal - Palominodancer@yahoo.com or go to our website
www.chillypepper.org if you would like to help us help the horses.

We so appreciate all the love and support you show and for being part of the solution for these horses. Please remember that your donations are tax deductible and what a great write-off :)

Thank you as always for making this happen!