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At the age of 12 Victoria rescued her first horse. Since 1968, she has always taken in the horses that everyone has given up on to try to turn their life around by giving them one last chance. One or two at a time, horses have come in and out of her life inspiring her to firmly believe that there is always a horse out there in need of refuge, always a need for someone to feel responsible and intervene on that animal's behalf. Establishing the Last Chance Corral in 1986 was the realization of her vision of creating a much-needed facility to offer horses asylum.
Today, the Last Chance Corral proudly offers horses hope, shelter, and opportunity regardless of their situation or problems. Be it psychological or physiological we are committed to addressing the individual needs of each rescued animal. Our work begins with developing an individual diet, treatment regiments, and a training program for each horse according to its needs. When a horse has been sufficiently rehabilitated we go about the work of finding appropriate adoptive homes that suit the horse's needs and abilities.
The horses that arrive at the L.C.C. represent a wide spectrum that includes horses as varied as the people that own them and the disciplines that they use them in. Not all horses that come into the L.C.C. are infirm; actually, few among them are. Most are simply unwanted. Situations such as children leaving for college, divorce, and relocation can leave a horse with no place to go. The alternative of the sale house offers a potentially grim solution that most owners would rather avoid.
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119 FOALS AND COUNTING...
With the recent batch of foals, we are at maximum capacity. Actually we are OVER capacity. To make matters worse, we just got the call that there are more babies for us to pick up from Kentucky. EIGHTEEN MORE. Until we pick these babies up, they will receive no medical care and little (or no) food and water. Our hands are tied until we can adopt the foals that we have into appropriate homes.
We have a policy that we don't hold foals for people, but with people often traveling from out of state, exceptions are sometimes madee. Recently, however, we have had an amazing amount of people that "change their mind" or "can't make it until next week/month/decade/etc". While we are holding these foals, we are often passing up other homes for these babies. Babies in the barn means spots taken up so other foals cannot come. People often ask if they can pay extra to hold the foals, and while the financial assistance is a nice gesture, it is the lack of space that is costing the waiting foals their lives, not the funding that feeds them.
Because of this, we have created a new policy. If you are adopting a foal and can't take it home that day, we will take a non-refundable 50% deposit and hold the foal for you for 24 hours after the deposit is paid. If you do not pick up the foal within that time frame, we will retain your deposit and the foal will be placed up for adoption again. We understand that things pop up, but cannot let these little lives hang in the balance because one potential adopter has car trouble while we turn others away. We hope that you can understand where we are coming from, as these are not easy decisions to make. The bottom line is that we try to save as many foals as possible, and to do that we need to place as many foals as possible into appropriate homes. Thank you for your understanding. |
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