Fundraiser Gupsy
THE STORY OF GUPSY: UKRAINIAN WARMBLOOD STALLION
December 6th:
Vera (LTH, my former workplace in California) asked if I could help with rehoming a stallion that she'd just saved in Ukraine. Anzhelika found him on December 4th when visiting family in the formerly Russian occupied Eastern part of Ukraine. He was set to be slaughtered the next day so his family had something to eat.
*Anzhelika met Vera last spring when she needed help getting her Arab out of the war zone. This time she contacted Vera again, to see if she could buy this stallion and save him but also his owners.
Vera was able to buy him (Gupsy) but his paperwork was lost and she wanted him checked, cleared and out of Ukraine and at least into Germany, as far away from the war as possible: Lots of expenses and with no end in sight, because boarding him somewhere afterwards without an adopter isn't doable for any rescue and also unfair.
So on December 7th I was asked to start looking for possible adopters in Germany and The Netherlands. I had no luck after a day of calling and asking around, when Vera asked me if I could take him, since she trusted me and he needed a person. I really wanted to be his person, but had nowhere to bring him until we move to our new place in March. Of course the Universe pulled some strings and within 15 minutes I was lucky enough to find something relatively close to our current ànd new place, with someone I know and trust. If I needed another sign, this was it.
Gupsy was transported to Dnipro asap, it was like he knew that he was saved. His eyes went from 'I don't want to be killed and eaten' to 'I trust these guys'. He was cleared by a vet but hasn't been castrated yet because of the icy weather, so that'll have to wait until Spring. We waited days for his papers to come through, there aren't a lot of functional buildings and the available appliances are slow.
On December 13 his long journey to The Netherlands began, first to Myrohoshcha (which was a long trip, we didn't hear from them for a long time because of power outages caused by bombings) and then into the EU/Poland on January 12th where they rested in Rseszòw for a day. The costs of transporting him across the border were $ 2.000 alone! Something we didn't expect and what made this rescue operation even more costly.
On December 17 Gupsy began his final trip (without Anzhelika, who had to stay in Poland) to his temporary/ decompressing location at my coworker and friend's place, where we finally met him after weeks of waiting and stressful planning on January 14th.
Gupsy will be enjoying good food, room to play and exercise and lots of love from us until our new place is ready. We can't wait to see more of him when he has gained his strength! He also still needs to be castrated, his teeth and feet need to be looked at as well as his overall body. Since we are expecting some expenses due to our relocation and renovation at my stables next March/April, we don't have the funds to cover all of his expenses (yet). So far, we have been lucky to have raised his currents funds, which made it possible for him to be bought and transported to The Netherlands (a journey of about 2500 km's) and boarded and fed at my coworker's/friend's place.
If you would like to donate to help us cover Gupsy's final/unexpected expenses; use the button at the top of this page and select any amount! We are more than grateful.
Love, Zoë
Vera (LTH, my former workplace in California) asked if I could help with rehoming a stallion that she'd just saved in Ukraine. Anzhelika found him on December 4th when visiting family in the formerly Russian occupied Eastern part of Ukraine. He was set to be slaughtered the next day so his family had something to eat.
*Anzhelika met Vera last spring when she needed help getting her Arab out of the war zone. This time she contacted Vera again, to see if she could buy this stallion and save him but also his owners.
Vera was able to buy him (Gupsy) but his paperwork was lost and she wanted him checked, cleared and out of Ukraine and at least into Germany, as far away from the war as possible: Lots of expenses and with no end in sight, because boarding him somewhere afterwards without an adopter isn't doable for any rescue and also unfair.
So on December 7th I was asked to start looking for possible adopters in Germany and The Netherlands. I had no luck after a day of calling and asking around, when Vera asked me if I could take him, since she trusted me and he needed a person. I really wanted to be his person, but had nowhere to bring him until we move to our new place in March. Of course the Universe pulled some strings and within 15 minutes I was lucky enough to find something relatively close to our current ànd new place, with someone I know and trust. If I needed another sign, this was it.
Gupsy was transported to Dnipro asap, it was like he knew that he was saved. His eyes went from 'I don't want to be killed and eaten' to 'I trust these guys'. He was cleared by a vet but hasn't been castrated yet because of the icy weather, so that'll have to wait until Spring. We waited days for his papers to come through, there aren't a lot of functional buildings and the available appliances are slow.
On December 13 his long journey to The Netherlands began, first to Myrohoshcha (which was a long trip, we didn't hear from them for a long time because of power outages caused by bombings) and then into the EU/Poland on January 12th where they rested in Rseszòw for a day. The costs of transporting him across the border were $ 2.000 alone! Something we didn't expect and what made this rescue operation even more costly.
On December 17 Gupsy began his final trip (without Anzhelika, who had to stay in Poland) to his temporary/ decompressing location at my coworker and friend's place, where we finally met him after weeks of waiting and stressful planning on January 14th.
Gupsy will be enjoying good food, room to play and exercise and lots of love from us until our new place is ready. We can't wait to see more of him when he has gained his strength! He also still needs to be castrated, his teeth and feet need to be looked at as well as his overall body. Since we are expecting some expenses due to our relocation and renovation at my stables next March/April, we don't have the funds to cover all of his expenses (yet). So far, we have been lucky to have raised his currents funds, which made it possible for him to be bought and transported to The Netherlands (a journey of about 2500 km's) and boarded and fed at my coworker's/friend's place.
If you would like to donate to help us cover Gupsy's final/unexpected expenses; use the button at the top of this page and select any amount! We are more than grateful.
Love, Zoë
Use the hashtag #LTHGupsy on Social Media to see all his updates!
