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Wanted: A loving home for two young ponies saved from a New Jersey kill pen and headed for a slaughterhouse.
Yes, times are rough and people selling horses at auctions has increased due to the recession and the high cost of owning and caring for horses.
And things looked bleak for Valentine and Diamond, both six-year-old black ponies who were headed to an out-of-the country meat market before Hannah Weaver, a 22-year-old Somerville resident, stepped up and saved the ponies by shelling out $150 each.
"I was just horrified," Weaver told Boston.com from Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter Public School where she teaches French. "These two just really caught me, and caught my emotions and my heart."
But, because of the more than $500 per month cost to board the horses (and because she has her own horse, Ada, to pay and care for) Weaver is now looking to find the pair of ponies a new home.
"I would love to keep them, but it's just not financially viable for me right now," she said. "I just want to find them a good home."
Around 60 horses were auctioned off that day at the Camelot Auction House in New Jersey according to Boston.com and 28 of them were headed to a meat market. However, all 28 were rescued by various people, including Weaver's boyfriend, Jarrett Lerner, 22, who paid $200 to save a male horse named Live In Hope which was immediately given a permanent home by a Maryland woman.
Those interested in giving Valentine and Diamond a permanent home can contact Weaver at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
— ANDY LAGOMARSINO, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
