Horse rescued from starvation still struggling
By Debra Smith, Everett Herald Writer
Published Dec 22 2008
MONROE — Whisper, the horse rescued from a Snohomish field, lived through the weekend, but she’s not out of danger yet, said her caretaker.
“We’ll keep trying for her as long as she shows us she wants to live,” said Jaime Taft by e‑mail this morning.
Taft’s nonprofit equine rescue organization took the filly in last week after police seized Whisper and two other maltreated horses. The filly, weak from a lack of food and covered in sores, had been perking up under the care of the organization, Save a Forgotten Equine, run by Taft at her Monroe farm. Friday’s cold temperatures hit the filly hard, and her caretakers feared she wouldn’t live through the weekend if they couldn’t find a heated stall. Read the full article at Herald.net
