About Triple "L"
Triple "L" Horse Rescue, a 501(c)3 non profit public charity, takes in equines who may no longer have a home, who are victims of abuse, neglect or emergencies, or who are at risk of going to slaughter. TLHR provides them with care, love and rehabilitation; and finally find them a forever, loving home.
Unfortunately more and more horses are being bred, and sadly, there will always be a need for Rescue operations to step in from time to time, to ensure that no horse will go without needed homes or medical intervention.
That is where YOU come in. We as a Rescue effort require many things, including monetary donations, donations of food, grooming and care items to help in our efforts, and most importantly, VOLUNTEERS!! LOTS of volunteers!
It is our hope, that as you tour our pages here at TLHR, that you will find yourself in a position wanting to help, by donating items/money, or by volunteering your time as a worker, a foster home, a prospective adoptive home, a transporter, or any one of our other volunteer positions. Donations are tax deductible per IRS Guidelines.
ALL inquiries and donations are welcome. If you want to help, be sure you contact TLHR so that we may begin the process with you.
How You Can Help - please see our "How to Help" Page.
Mission Goal
Triple "L" Horse Rescue, Inc. mission is saving as many horses as we can from a variety of situations including, but not limited to: abuse, abandonment, neglect, slaughter or whose owners can no longer care for them. We provide equine rescue regardless of age or disability. We will strive to give as many as we can a second chance at life and being loved. These horses are rehabilitated and placed in adoptive homes whenever possible. We will do our best to educate the general public and put an end to horse slaughter.
OUR GOALS:
1.To rescue at risk horses, bring them back to good health and condition, retrain them and help them learn to be normal horses again, and place them in good quality homes to live out normal lives.
2. Help educate horsemen in proper care, training, riding instruction, and particularly owner education when an animal would otherwise be at risk of neglect or other mismanagement.
3. Increase public awareness of horse slaughter, neglect and abuse.
4. Place horses with sufficient adoption fees to ensure a good home, as well as ensure funding to support those not yet ready for placement.
SOME OF OUR EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THESE GOALS:
1. Rescuing horses
a. Accepting surrenders from horse owners as space is available.
b. Bidding against slaughter buyers at sales (primary method)
2. Educating horsepeople
a. Horse training
b. Speaking at 4H clubs, events, etc (email or call us to schedule a presentation)
3. Increase public awareness of slaughter and abuse
a. Member of against slaughter yahoo email group.
b. Talking to public about slaughter and how to help stop this inhumane act.
4. Placing horses: Please see how to adopt for details (to be updated soon).
Newspaper Article - February 4, 2006
Horse rescue clinic fulfills lifelong dream
The Brunswick News
By LAUREN McCALLISTER
Photo BOBBY HAVEN
Dave and Sherry Perry were looking for a place to establish a horse rescue clinic, but settling on Blythe Island wasn't the couple's first choice.
Although they'd uprooted their family countless times due to Dave Perry's position in the U.S. Navy, the family had never even heard of Brunswick, let alone considered retiring here.
That is until last March, when Dave Perry found himself traveling north on Interstate 95 from Jacksonville to view a house that was for rent on Blythe Island.
"I almost turned around several times on the way up," he said.
But perhaps it was fate that kept pushing him because, as soon as he saw the property's pastures, stables and view of the Turtle River, Dave Perry knew that this was exactly the type of facility his wife had been dreaming about.
Triple L Horse Rescue � the three Ls stand for love, life and luck � was conceived out of Sherry Perry's lifelong dream to open a horse clinic.
"I've always wanted to do this because I grew up around horses," she said. "And there are too many horses that aren't being taken care of. The horses can't speak for themselves, and people don't realize how much time, work and money it takes to raise them."
The Perrys took in their first horse, Jocko, a 35-year-old Shetland Welsh Pony, last September. Jocko's previous owners dropped him off at Triple L, Sherry Perry thinks, because they could no longer care for him.
To date, Jocko is the only horse the Perry's have rescued, although their facilities have the capacity to hold more than 10 horses at a time.
The rescue farm is designed to take horses who are unwanted, abused or neglected or whose owners simply can't afford to take care of them anymore. If possible, the horses will be rehabilitated and placed in adoptive homes. Other horses, like Jocko, will live out the rest of their days at Triple L.
Currently, the couple is soliciting donations to help obtain non-profit status for the farm, an application process that costs $650.
"Once we can get nonprofit status, we can apply for grants," Sherry Perry explained.
Once the application is processed, which they hope to have ready by summer, the Perrys will partner with Cowboys and Roses Renegade Ranch Inc., a therapeutic riding center for children located in Brunswick, to raise money to improve Triple L Horse Rescue's facilities and gather more supplies.
Janet Carswell, president of Cowboys and Roses, said a rescue clinic like Triple L is long overdue.
"I think (Triple L) is wonderful, and I'm so glad that they're doing it," she said. "There is no rescue facility in Glynn County, and there are more horses that need rescuing here than there are people to rescue them."
Sherry Perry's only cause for complaint is that the start-up process has been a rather slow one.
"Of course, everything doesn't happen overnight, but I wish it would," she said.
But regardless of the lag time, Dave Perry is excited that his wife's dream is finally being realized.
"This is what she's been wanting to do for 20 years," Dave Perry said. "It's great to see her this happy."
