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Samuel’s Second Chance Contributed by Rebecca Roy of Draft Gratitude Nov 2, 2018 When you rescue an animal, you have no idea what you are getting. We were asked if we could make room for an aged Belgian gelding because he was out of time. We said yes because he deserved to be safe. We …
Making strides towards a second chance By Allie Ginwala Contributing Writer Mar 18, 2017 On a crisp, sunny March afternoon, Rebecca Roy parks her truck at the end of a roundabout dirt driveway. The task at hand is checking on Pearl, the latest addition to Draft Gratitude, a horse rescue that gives retired draft horses …
“I grew up on a small farm in Hinsdale, so we had draft horses as kids,” said Rebecca Roy, founder of Draft Gratitude. As an adult, Roy built a special connection with her Belgian mare, Rita, and after the horse’s passing, began thinking about starting a nonprofit to help aging draft horses. “I’d think about …
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