pounds. With this prognosis, there was little to no hope at all for her survival. Today, she’s a healthy 1,200-pound mare. How did a horse, who was so emaciated that nobody thought she would make it, survive?
It’s thanks to the love and dedication of one little girl named Kaylee. Jo Jo was rescued from a herd of 42 abandoned horses in Kentucky and was brought to several temporary homes where she would be comfortable. Although it might seem unusual that 42 horses were just abandoned, sadly, around 100,000 horses that are carelessly discarded in the United States … every year. These horses come from a variety of backgrounds, they can be former racehorses that can no longer run or even pets that people no longer wanted.
Now healthy at 10-years-old, a young horse like Jo Jo would not normally be considered as a permanent resident at Our Mims Retirement Haven. However, unable to separate her granddaughter and the horse who loved her and was loved in return, Jeanne was able to convince the board-of-directors to make an exception. Jo Jo the horse finally has a forever home where she’ll never be far from Kaylee, the red-headed little girl who believed in her recovery when nobody else did.
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