@savehorsessanctuary: This is what years of neglect do to a horse. We found him down. Front left leg broken between the knee and fetlock — displaced, unstable, hanging at a sickening angle. And his hoof? Years of growth with no farrier. It’s curled, overgrown, and turning in on itself. A “slipper foot” that would’ve been agony to walk on before the leg snapped His name is Atlas. Our sanctuary was called out by animal control. He’s emaciated, covered in rain rot, and body score 2. The fracture is fresh, hot, and swollen. That overgrown hoof on the broken leg is so deformed that even if we splint him, he can’t bear weight correctly. The other three feet aren’t much better. He’s been in pain for a long, long time. This is two emergencies in one. Atlas needs an equine ambulance NOW. He needs hospital x-rays to see if the break is repairable. If he’s a surgical candidate, he’ll need internal fixation — plates, screws, months of stall rest. Before any of that, a vet + farrier team has to sedate him and start correcting that hoof so he has any chance of balancing during recovery. No hoof, no surgery. No surgery, no horse. What it takes to even try: $9,400 in the first week $700 emergency equine ambulance transport $6,800–$8,500 surgical estimate: implants, OR time, hospitalization $900 emergency farrier + corrective trim on all four, sedation, blocks $1,000 diagnostics, IV meds, antibiotics, pain management, support wraps Without it, we euthanize. It’s that brutal. With it, he has a shot. And Atlas is telling us he wants that shot. He lifted his head for water. He nickered when our vet touched his face. He’s not done. Please donate to Atlas’s emergency surgery + hoof rehab fund through our link in bio. $35 buys a bag of shavings so he can lie down. $300 covers a set of x-rays. $1,500 gets the surgeon to put him on the table. Every share keeps him from being “just another broken horse.” He was broken by neglect. Don’t let him be killed by a dollar amount.

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Sunday 26 April 2026 16:28:04 GMT