FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2016
CONTACT:
Jennifer Williams, PhD
Executive Director, Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society
888 542 5163
jenn@bluebonnetequine.org
Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society Celebrates ASPCA Help A Horse Day with Event in Houston
Community support needed to give the rescue a chance to win up to $25,000 from the ASPCA to help save more horses
(Pasadena, Texas: April 9-10, 2016) – Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society (BEHS) will be celebrating the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) national Help A Horse Day and competing with rescues across the country for a chance to win up to $25,000 in prizes to assist with their efforts to protect horses. Founded in 2005, Bluebonnet has rescued 804 abandoned, abused, and neglected equines. BEHS’ Bluebonnet in Bloom celebrates the organization’s horses and volunteers with events throughout the state of Texas in April, including a booth at the Houston Pet Expo. The Houston Pet Expo takes place on April 9 and 10th at the Pasadena Convention Center. Bluebonnet members, volunteers, and adopters will be at the booth to educate horse enthusiasts about what Bluebonnet does, show photos and videos of Bluebonnet’s horses, and talk about how horse enthusiasts can get involved.
The goal of the nationwide Help a Horse Day’s competition is for local rescues to raise awareness about the lifesaving work they do year-round to care for at-risk horses in their community who have often been abused or neglected. Horses have been central to the ASPCA’s work since its founding 150 years ago, when Henry Bergh stopped a cart driver from beating his horse, resulting in the first successful arrest for the mistreatment of a horse on April 26, 1866.
Funds raised by Bluebonnet in Bloom will be used locally to help law enforcement agencies in Texas investigate reports of neglect or abuse, remove abused, neglected, and abandoned horses and other equines, and to provide food, medical care, and foster homes to rehabilitate those equines. None of the funds raised at Bluebonnet in Bloom events go to the ASPCA® or other organizations.
“This will be our first year competing in the Help a Horse event. I hope the community comes out to support our horses, volunteers, and organization. The more people who attend our events during April and greater the number of new volunteers and funds we raise, the better the chance we have of winning one of the prizes from the ASPCA®. Those funds will allow us to help even more horses this year,” said Dr. Jennifer Williams, Executive Director of Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society.
Other Bluebonnet in Bloom events include:
• Informational booths in Houston, La Grange, New Braunfels, Temple, and Waco throughout April
• An online photo event featuring a photo competition and featuring individual rescue horse’s stories (April 23-24)
• Silent auction and horses to meet the public at the Navasota Tractor Supply (April 23)
• Benefit trail ride, silent auction, and Bluebonnet horses available to meet the public in Sisterdale (Boerne area) (April 23)
• Low-cost equine vaccination clinic in La Grange (April 23)
• 25% off of adoption fees for any horse adopted in the month of April.
For a complete list of Bluebonnet in Bloom events, visit our website http://www.bluebonnetequine.org/index.php/news/future-events. Bluebonnet is still looking for other venues for events in April. If you are an event organizer and would like to include Bluebonnet in your event, please contact the rescue.
When you attend a Bluebonnet in Bloom event, donate, or volunteer, you help horses like Vega. Vega’s herd was discovered on a hidden ranch that was littered with dead cattle and horses. The remaining horses were starving, scared, and wild. Rescuers relocated Vega to an experienced foster home who worked to gain her trust and to help her recover. Slowly, Vega grew into a gorgeous horse who learned to trust humans. She was started under saddle, and she was adopted last year as a riding horse, companion, and beloved family member. Vega’s proof of the good work that Bluebonnet does: she may not have survived without Bluebonnet’s intervention.
For more information about Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society and Bluebonnet in Bloom, please visit http://www.bluebonnetequine.org or http://www.facebook.com/BluebonnetEquineHumaneSociety or call (888) 542 5163.
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