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Founder Of Chesco Horse Rescue Badly Hurt In Car Accident, Loved Ones Say Founder Of Chesco Horse Rescue Badly Hurt In Car Accident, Loved Ones Say
Founder Of Chesco Horse Rescue Badly Hurt In Car Accident, Loved Ones Say An animal welfare activist who runs a Chester County horse rescue is on the road to recovery after a deer leaped in front of her car last month, according to loved ones.  Lakyn Shultz swerved out of the animal's way and was "catapulted into a nearly fatal car accident," said organizers on her GoFundMe campaign.  Rescuers had to remove the 21-year-old from her crumpled vehicle, sending her to the hospital with a broken foot and forcing doctors to remove her spleen and part of her pancreas, those close to her said.  Cassimo and Rodeyo of Furvivors Wonderland Horse Res…

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by Mac Bullock
Neighbors
Sudden Eviction Notice Threatens Chesco Horse Sanctuary Sudden Eviction Notice Threatens Chesco Horse Sanctuary
Sudden Eviction Notice Threatens Chesco Horse Sanctuary Staffers at a Chester County horse sanctuary say they have been served an eviction notice, and now have under 45 days to shelter their herd.  In a GoFundMe campaign launched on Friday, May 5, the team at Furvivors Wonderland Horse Rescue and Sanctuary in Chester Springs say they are scrambling for a short-term housing solution for their 16 horses and lone 18-month-old steer.  "This sudden notice of eviction is a hurdle we could not have expected, but rescue is never easy and we will not be derailed," wrote organizer Kristina Hall.  "These animals have been neglected, abused, and traumatiz…

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by Mac Bullock
News
THE MANE EVENT: Horse Rescued After Falling Through Passaic County Bridge THE MANE EVENT: Horse Rescued After Falling Through Passaic County Bridge
THE Mane Event: Horse Rescued After Falling Through Passaic County Bridge BRIDLE PARTY: Five horses were being ridden across a wooden bridge at Garret Mountain Reservation in Passaic County when the last one fell halfway through its soggy planks. What to do? The rider was OK, but all 2,500 pounds of Hank the horse was wedged in there good, Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark said. He couldn't giddy up, you could say. Members of the West Paterson Volunteer Fire Department summoned Camp Towing of Wayne, which came to the rescue with a "rotator" wrecker -- essentially a huge crane. A veterinarian from his stable sedated Hank before his rescuers gently strapped him …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Chester County Barn Owner Burned Rescuing 7 Horses, 2 Others Dead In Fire Chester County Barn Owner Burned Rescuing 7 Horses, 2 Others Dead In Fire
Chester County Barn Owner Burned Rescuing 7 Horses, 2 Others Dead In Fire Support is surging for a Chester County man who was severely burned while trying to rescue his nine horses, two of who died, in a grueling fire that ravaged his historic barn over the weekend. Almost $14,000 had been raised on a Facebook fundraiser posted Monday by Nicole Henwood for her dear neighbor, Don. Funds will go towards food and rebuilding a shed and fence for the remaining horses. Fire crews arrived at the 1-block of Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township around noon Sunday to find the blaze towering through the two-story barn and approximately 6-8 acres of woods and field on fire, ac…

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by Nicole Acosta