Several weeks ago, Colleen received a call regarding two miniature stallions from one of our directors, Dr. Linda Kutrubes. The owners were at their wits end and they were unable to catch or handle these horses. (note: These mini's where left by the last property owner) A team of volunteers from Equine Rescue Resource Inc. arrived at the property and carefully caught the two little hooligans, named Soldier Boy and Illusion. They were then loaded on to a trailer and shipped to Pine Bush Equine clinic, where they were castrated, vaccinated, had their hooves trimmed and their teeth floated. We then transferred our two miniatures to Richer Equine Sanctuary, based in Staten Island NY.
A call came in from Cherryl, who runs the city based sanctuary, to let us know one of our little rescue horses is a star on the David Letterman Show. He was featured this past Tuesday with Billy Crystal, who dubbed him "Little Brown". There is a video clip available online on David's web site, under Bill Crystal. Apparently "Little Brown" was such a hit with David Letterman, he will be back tonight!
In case you missed it, log on to the David Letterman website, under Dave TV, Comedy Clips, and you'll find both videos, side by side. Poor little guy, he had to wear Billy Crystal's pink dress and hair bows from his old show "Soap". Even David defended our boy, asking why Billy put HIM in a DRESS!
Billy Crystal - David Letterman - Dawn Animal Agency, you guys rock!
Thanks for showcasing a rescued horse!
Colleen was so surprised to get the phone call, "It was almost unbelievable, that one of their rescue ponies would be on TV. And then when I saw Soldier Boy with Billy Crystal and David Letterman, I was so excited and in tears, happy ones. Here was a pony that the owners were considering destroying, now a T V star."
Their rescue was certainly a team effort. A lot of people did their part to get them to safe place, including the prior owners. I have to say, when they learned of our organization and were presented with a humane alternative by Dr. Kutrubes, they took it, and even helped with the veterinary costs, to see them safe. The Mitchell's paid the other half of costs.
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