On Labor Day, Gabby’s Sanctuary ARK acquired Bella, a 3-month-old female quarterhorse. Bella was orphaned when a stallion attacked her mother, a winner of $35,000 in prizes at the racetrack. Since then, Bella has not gotten the nutrition that she would have received through her mother’s milk, and is undernourished and fragile. Bella was also born with a hernia.

Because of her rough start in life, baby Bella has special needs: nutritional supplements, special feed, and veterinary services. She will need a lot of TLC over the next few months, which she will receive at GSA. After just a few days, she is starting to look more energetic, has gained some weight, and is getting comfortable with being handled (although she does have a bit of an attitude when it’s time to go back inside the stall).

You can make donations to GSA through PayPal on this website. Give us a call and come out to meet Bella!

CEDAR HILL (CBSDFW.COM) – Thieves stole saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits and harnesses from Gabby’s Sanctuary ARK Thursday night.

“All they took was my tack and that stuff’s expensive,” said Terry Ottley who established the chairty for animals in need.

Known for its non-profit work, including helping animals orphaned after the tornado destruction in Moore, Oklahoma, the sanctuary helps underprivileged children, too.

Ottley leases the land  for the non-profit, which takes in all types of four-legged friends. But the park holds clinics for horses that need help; rehabilitates them and even has a garage sale scheduled this weekend to raise funds.

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Unfortunately, proceeds from the sale will now have to cover last night’s losses of $1000 or more.

Ottley fought back tears as she explained that had the thieves simply asked, she would have lent them her tack.

“All you had to do was just ask me, and I would have allowed you to use my stuff,” said Ottley, whose efforts are still focused on finding funds for horse medication.

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