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Saving Montana: The International effort to save a pet horse from slaughter

by Gail Vacca

The following is an amazing story of the recent international effort
undertaken by a group of incredible people who, for two days in May, came together
to save the life of a sweet little Appaloosa mare from Canada.

I guess the only place to begin this lengthy, exhausting tale of one horse
saved is at the beginning...

On Thursday, May 12, 2005, I received a phone call from Cory Goodon, a horse
owner from Alberta, Canada. I had never met or even spoken to Mr. Goodon,
but I could easily determine, from the tone of his voice, that he was at wits'
end. Little did I know how many lives this phone call would soon touch.

Cory quickly told me his tale of how he had sold his family's pet horse,
Montana, at a Canadian auction the previous Sunday, May 8, to what he thought
was a "good home." A few days later, he discovered, to his shock, that Montana
had been purchased by local horse trader Scott Irvine, who was in the process
of delivering his load to the Cavel International horse slaughter plant in
DeKalb, Illinois. The shipment was due to arrive at Cavel early the next
morning -- Friday the 13th.

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