3 Hearts Farm Animal Rescue

11/15/2025

Truth hurts kids

Yesterday was a somber day.

Not dramatic. Not sensational. Just heavy in that way grief settles into your bones when you’re doing the work most people pretend they don’t see.

I drove to Fort Collins to pick up the remains of a horse I never even got to meet.

A horse humans failed long before she ever reached me.

Born a racehorse, barely raced, then lost somewhere in the messy in-between where people stop paying attention. By the time she hit the kill pen, her hock was infected beyond repair. And there I was, picking up what was left of a life that should’ve been protected.

And I can already hear the questions:
“Why don’t you quit?”
“Why do you always need donations?”
“Why do you talk about the racing industry?”
“Why don’t you rehome every horse?”

Let me tell you why.

Because while the people who bred her…
And trained her…
And owned her…
And profited from her…
moved on without a single look back —
we were the ones standing in the gap.

Again.

And yes, we get harassed for it.
The thoroughbred industry telling me I “lie” when I tell the truth they refuse to face.
Other rescues criticizing us because we choose sanctuary over sales, because our priority is healing, not turnover.
People who have never watched a horse’s light go out questioning the very work they don’t have the courage to step into.

But here’s the truth no one wants to hear:
Every single horse owner should be responsible for the life they created or purchased.
Every. Single. One.

There should be contracts.
There should be follow-up.
There should be accountability.
There should be a way to track where these horses land when humans are “done” with them.

But there isn’t.
So the ones who pay the price are the same ones who had no choice in the matter — the horses.

And the ones who clean it up?
Little grassroots rescues like ours.
Underfunded. Overextended. Fueled not by money, but by grit, compassion, and a promise we made to these animals:
You matter. Your life matters. Your ending matters.

Yesterday broke me a little.
Not because we lost her — I know she’s finally at peace —
but because every human who had the chance to save her long before I saw her name on a list… simply didn’t.

So if you want to know why I fight…
Why I raise money…
Why I refuse to shut up about the industry…
Why I won’t stop telling these stories…

It’s because someone has to.

And until the world decides that a horse’s value isn’t tied to what it can produce, win, or earn…
until owners and breeders step up and take true responsibility…
until we stop pretending this isn’t happening…

grassroots sanctuaries will keep carrying the weight.
We’ll keep showing up.
We’ll keep fighting for the ones everyone else walked away from.

Because the world needs change.
And it needs it now.

So here’s the part where I ask you to look in the mirror, not at me.

If this story hits you…
If you’ve ever said, “Someone should do something”…
If you’ve ever wished the world was different…

Then I’m inviting you to be part of the difference.

Not someday.
Not “when things calm down.”
Now.

Do you want to help? Do you want to be part of the change?

Here are two simple ways to stand in that gap with us:

✨ Become a $5-a-month donor.
Five dollars isn’t life-changing for most people…
but it is life-saving for the horses we pull out of the pipeline.

✨ Make a one-time donation during Colorado Gives.
Right now, your gift is doubled.
Your impact is doubled.
Your compassion is doubled.

If you’ve ever wondered whether small actions matter — they do.
They always have.
They always will.

This is how we change the story.
One person.
One moment.
One horse at a time.

To Donate https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Journey-With-Equus

11/07/2025

Look at our girl Amber now!!

Sleek and healthy and ready for your lap!! Reach out to Fort Worth Abandoned Animal Alliance for her adoption application today!

11/02/2025

Amen!

Thank you Sanctuary Share Day for this message!

10/31/2025

There’s an old parable called “The Camel’s Nose” about a man and his camel traveling through the desert. The man allows the camel to stick its nose into the tent for warmth, but the camel gradually persuades him to allow more and more of its body inside. Eventually the camel completely takes over the tent and the man is left to sleep outside in the cold.

Today we are facing our own metaphorical “camel” in the beef industry. Bill Gates, billionaire and globalist, in January 2023 said there were two paths to solving the emissions created by cows. “You can either fix the cows to stop them doing that (burping and farting) or you can make beef without the cow.”

Jeff Bezos, billionaire and founder of Amazon, is pushing the narrative that the burping and flatulence produced by livestock is a major contributor to the methane supposedly causing the global temperature increase, which is supposedly contributing to global warming, and the supposed “end of the world”. Bezos and Gates have both thrown millions at funding the creation of lab grown meat, synthetic milk, and methane-reducing vaccines for cattle. They are also working on the development of a “digital twin of the cattle rumen to test emission reducing strategies using AI”.

Tony Heller of Real Climate Science said that, “Methane makes up less than two parts per million in the atmosphere, and is so unimportant that many climate modelers don’t even bother to use it in their models. The war on cattle and meat is based on mindless junk science.” The climate change and global warming narrative as a whole is one of the biggest frauds ever imposed on the world.

These radical climate activists also advocate reducing or phasing down cattle, limiting grazing in the west, and shrinking animal agriculture altogether. In case things are still unclear to you, they are vilifying agriculture, livestock, farmers, and ranchers, also known as “those that feed the world”. If they can’t control the American rancher then they want to eliminate us.

Unfortunately, the American Angus Association (AAA) has taken 4.85 million to disperse, from the Bezos Earth Fund to researchers studying methane in cows. First, accepting these funds carries the implication that we think cows have a methane problem. Grazing grass is part of the solution for the conservation of land, wildlife, and rural economies. As ranchers we all try to improve on the cattle that we have stewardship over, but partnering with these groups that have alternative motives is where we run into issues.

After AAA blows through 4.85 million, what’s next? Who owns the research? What kind of pressure will the industry be under to use the research? Who will have access to the studies? Nineteen out of twenty times whoever pays for the research to be done will have the results show what they want it to show.

Today's cattlemen have never had it so good and bad at the same time. Fighting the environment hasn't changed. But the changing environmental battle is real and not to be ignored with its long-lasting repercussions. The organizations that represent the US cattlemen have a responsibility to help safeguard the tradition of raising cattle from pasture to plate. Lab grown meat, synthetic milk, and methane free cattle are not just buzz words cowboys laugh about anymore. They are a reality that will affect the next generation of ranching. Cattle are being framed as the problem in the climate narrative and this narrative is dangerous to our livelihood as ranchers but also to all the people that agriculture feeds and clothes. Our organizations need to represent us, not the billionaire elites trying to overhaul the beef industry. It’s imperative to our livelihoods, our way of life, and the continuation of the world as we know it to not let this “camel” push its way in.

10/25/2025

Thank you Alvin Ord's Sandwich Shop for the leftover bacon.
The ladies are enjoying a little extra protein in their salad today

10/23/2025

If only we were so lucky! 💗💗💗