Saving Horses with Red Bucket Rescue
The Glue Factory is a project with a purpose. We are incredibly proud to partner with Red Bucket Equine Rescue, and support their life-saving work serving the slaughter-bound, high-risk and desperate horses that sparked this crazy idea.
Did you know?
- 85% of first-time horse owners get rid of their horses within five years.
- 152,000 horses a year are slaughtered for human consumption abroad.
- 92.3% of horses going to slaughter are in their prime (7–10 years old), healthy and in good condition.
In 2021, our community donated $315 000 to Red Bucket Rescue, what we believe is the biggest charity donation by an NFT project.
The Red Bucket Operation
Red Bucket is almost entirely volunteer run and they rely upon donations to support their incredible work. With over 100 horses calling the ranch home, there are staggering operating cost across the rescue and rehabilitation process.
- Each horse consumes over $10 000 of hay per year.
- All of that hay leads to trailer loads of horse poop, costing over $400 a day to remove!
- Weekly vet bills total in the thousands, and many of the horses have significant medical needs due to the mistreatment they have suffered, requiring intensive daily care.
Milah
A week after our donation, Susan received a call about a horse that had been savagely attacked and required critical care.
“This is the profundity, if we hadn’t received that gift, I couldn’t have said yes, because that was a $10 000 hospital bill.”
This is Milah’s story.
CONTENT WARNING — Milah’s injuries are quite graphic.
Together with The Giving Block we’ve helped Red Bucket Rescue unlock the power of crypto donations, to provide a new lifeline for these beautiful animals. You can donate instantly right here.
Susan, and the team at Red Bucket Rescue, you are our heroes.
The Red Bucket Story
In July of 2008, Susan Peirce found a starving and abused thoroughbred in a dilapidated stable. The barn manager had stopped feeding her and was planning to call the meat wagon. Unable to turn her back, Susan went to the local food store and bought 50 pounds of carrots and a ‘Red Bucket’. It took her 6½ hours to catch the emaciated filly, but once she caught her, she never let go. She named her Harlow and made her a promise of a loving, forever home. Within six months, Susan had taken on another 8 abandoned horses, each given their own red bucket, a new name, and a forever promise — birthing the legacy of Red Bucket Equine Rescue. Today, there are over 100 horses that are safe at the ranch the horses own — yes, legally own!
