Habitat for Horses Works to Aid Surviving Galveston Horses

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Habitat for Horses Works to Aid Surviving Galveston Horses
Edited Press Release

As of Wednesday, Habitat for Horses, a Galveston County-based equine rescue organization, has retrieved around 20 horses from Galveston island and brought them to a staging area at Jack Brooks Park. While most are in good health, a number of the horses are dehydrated and highly stressed. Because of the horses' recent traumatic experience, the consulting veterinarian is requiring the horses to be held for 48 to 72 hours to be stabilized. During this holding period the horses will be treated for any cuts and small wounds. All horses will receive tetanus and have a coggins pulled before leaving the staging area.

The organization continues to take feed and hay to those horses left in the care of others on the island. There have been various reports of small herds of horses on the island, and those that have been verified are being cared for by long time local island residents. There have also been reports that we have not been able to verify at this point, but we will continue to search and retrieve those that we find. At this point Habitat for Horses has been able to verify 100 head of horses that are under the care of local island residents. Efforts to retrieve, care for, and assess the condition of the remaining horses continues.

For more information or to learn how you can help, visit www.habitatforhorses.org.

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