Equine Angels: Stories of Rescue, Love, and Hope

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• Equine Angels is a celebration of the journey of horses and foals saved from slaughter. Accompanied by 200 stunning full-color photographs, it tells the surprising and moving stories of how these foals have changed the lives of the human families who adopt them—for the rescuers are often the ones redeemed when opening their hearts to an unwanted foal.  
  The book focuses on the tens of thousands of foals born annually only so that their mothers can provide pharmaceutical companies with the hormones their bodies create during pregnancy.

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  These foals—known as “PMU foals” (PMU being short for “pregnant mare urine,” a key ingredient of the drug Premarin)—are in effect, are unwanted byproducts. Normally they are taken from their mothers and sent to slaughter. There are more than 250 farms in North America—most of them in Canada—housing tens of thousands of mares, in agonizing conditions, for this purpose.
   
  Those photos grouped into the chapters “Birth” and “Rescue” are especially dramatic. Given their semi-wild conditions, these horses have a ruggedly beautiful, ungroomed appearance. In later chapters, we see the transformation of once-wild creatures into loving and intelligent companions for their human families. Included are stories of successes great and small: foals growing up to be successful national competitors, therapy horses, and other productive members of horse society. These foals give back more than they take. Heartwarming and beautiful to look at, Equine Angels will inspire and delight.

   

  Inside you will find:

   

  200 amazing color photos showing horses with a rare rugged beauty

   

  Tells the story of how these foals have changed the lives of the people who adopt them

   

  Shows the transformation of once-wild creatures into loving and intelligent companions

   

  Addresses an issue that frequently captures headlines

   

  Tens of thousands of “PMU” foals are slaughtered in North America each year because they are unwanted byproducts of a process to extract hormones for human hormone-replacement therapy

   

  From the introduction:
  The human participants of Equine Angels Rescue Sanctuary could not sit idly by while these magnificent horses were killed. If it was just a matter of those lives saved, that would be enough, but fortunately, we have come to know the greater potential of these angelic equines. Each of the horses from EARS has touched and uplifted several human lives along the rescue path. 
  
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• The foals' story begins from birth with their majestic mares on the vast plains of Canada. The mares are kept pregnant because their urine will then contain estrogen, a vital ingredient for a hormone replacement therapy drug called 'Premarin'. The Pregnant Mares' Urine, PMU, is often collected in harsh conditions for the mares and when the foal is born it is frequently considered an innocent but disposable by-product of the process. What happens next to the foals, who might otherwise go to slaughter, is the heartwarming subject of this book. What happens to people along that rescue path, is the magical soul of this book.
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  The photographs and stories feature ruggedly beautiful horses in their natural splendor that transform from once-wild creatures into loving and intelligent companions, bonding with their human families. Included are stories of successes great and small: foals growing up to be national competitors, therapy helpers, and members of families that are healed by the love of a horse. Uplifting, with gorgeous photography, "Equine Angels" will inspire, delight, and teach life lessons through the wisdom received when connecting with these noble equine souls.Enjoy the rescue journey and see how 'rescues rescue us'! Inside the book you will find: over 130 sumptuous color photos showing horses with a rare rugged beauty; the story of how these foals have changed the lives of the people who rescue them and shows how they bond, uplift, heal and enrich families who adopt them; and, the transformation of once-wild creatures into loving companions and teachers of wisdom through life's lessons. This book addresses an issue that frequently captures headlines; the heartwarming journey of mares and foals saved from the brink of slaughter to become athletes, therapy-givers, and healing family members.
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