By Rebecca | Program Manager
Dear Supporters,
In July 2018, we made the decision to start looking for a new property for WHRC to be able to provide even better care for our animals. On September 20th of 2019, this dream became a reality! We relocated to a beautiful 42 acre ranch in Webster, Florida. This property provides rich pastures with beautiful oak trees and ponds for our horses, plenty of space to run for our dogs, and a big barn with plenty of training opportunities for our volunteers. The new property has magnificent oak trees that provides shade for the horses.
The decision to move was based on several factors, but mainly the constant worry was that the property would flood. During the five years we were at the property in Lake Harney, we flooded several times, and, sadly, the flooding brought in many bugs, which gave our horses skin issues due to itching and our dogs ear infections due to the water. This made us go out and look at what our options were, and, in the very last minute, we found our new property. Moreover, thanks to help from some loyal supporters, we managed to move the whole center within one week.
Within two weeks at the new place, we have already built our pens for our wild horses along with a working round pen and let all of our tame horses out on grass, which they love. With the amount of grass we now have, we will be able to save money, since we do not have to hay as much, and can therefore have some funds for other important things, such as professional training.
The new barn consists of eight stalls, and we are planning to add a tack room, feed room, and an upstairs visitor center.
Our future plans for the new center are big, and we are piece by piece setting up our new place. We are wanting to create a big working barn with an education center along with plenty of pasture space and catch pens for our horses. We are planning an open house and barn-to-barn ride in December, which will be the first event at the new place. We cannot wait to show this gorgeous piece of property to all of our supporters!
Once again we would like to thank everyone for their continued support, it's greatly appreciated!
With Gratitude,
USA Wild Horses
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