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Rescued from the Agriculture Industry    More 

Braveheart, the foal

Braveheart on the Mend

Braveheart on the Mend

Staffers at Cleveland Armory Black Beauty Ranch were shocked to find the sweet colt named Braveheart with a gaping wound, exposing the bone on his right hind leg.
Posted: 11/02/09
Logan sleeps on his couch bed. ©2008 Gallegos/Marlow family

Logan, the Calf

Bottle-fed Cow Spared the Slaughterhouse

Logan was born on a cattle ranch and was headed for the slaugherhouse, but his fate changed when his mother died. He was bottle-fed and hand-raised by a family who wanted a different life for him -- a secure future.
Posted: 12/02/08
Don Juan, the ostrich, rescued from an abandoned property now resides at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Ranch. ©2007 Fund for Animals

Don Juan, the Ostrich

Rescued Ostriches Find Life and Love at the Ranch

Rescued from abandonment and squalor, Don Juan finds a steady supply of food and friendships at the ranch.
Posted: 09/25/07

Rescued from Entertainment    More 

RooRoo, the kangaroo, was relinquished to The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Tex., after his injury made him unable to travel and perform with his entertainment troup. ©2006 Fund for Animals

RooRoo, the Kangaroo

All Boxed Out: Injury Results in Retirement from Performing

RooRoo's detour to a veterinary clinic from his mobile entertainment troupe ended up changing his life.
Posted: 01/01/10
Babe, the elephant, and Omar, the camel, greet each other at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Tex. ©2006 HSUS

Babe, the Elephant; Omar, the Camel; and Friendly and Scar, the Burros

Over the Fence and Through the Barn: Overcoming the Species Barrier

Interspecies friendship is alive and well at the ranch, where Babe, the elephant, regularly enjoys the companionship of the camel, Omar, and the burros, Friendly and Scar.
Posted: 12/14/09
Katya is a de-clawed mountain lion who lives at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Tex. She was formerly raised as an exotic pet and lived at a now-defunct roadside zoo. ©2006 Linda Cohan

Katya, the Mountain Lion

Mountain Lion Will Never Roam the Mountains

Never a candidate for release in the wild as she was de-clawed and lost her ability to climb, Katya is safe in captivity at the ranch, away from the roadside zoo and the hunters with a bounty on her head.
Posted: 08/15/07

Rescued from Hunting   More

Blue Boy, a nilgai, was relinquished to The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Tex., after his horn was thought to be broken and thus, his value as a desired trophy was diminshed. His horn healed, but he will never again need to worry about being target practice. ©2006 Walter Larrimore

Blue Boy, the Nilgai

Broken Horn Is Pitch Perfect

Blue Boy's defective horn reduced his value as a hunter's trophy and spared his life.
Posted: 09/26/06

Rescued from the Pet Trade   More

Two emu at home at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Tex. ©2005 The Fund for Animals

Emus, Bebu and Kemu

Caretaker's Death Leaves the Emus, Bebu and Kemu, Running Solo

Bebu and Kemu, the emus, were left abandoned when their caretaker died. Found in filth and without access to food or water, these animals were on a slow train to a painful, and needless, death.
Posted: 01/24/08
Little Boy, the bobcat, relaxes at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. ©2006 Linda Cohan

Little Boy, Bob, and General: the Bobcats

Bobcat Bounty: Larger Habitat for Wild Cats

The three resident bobcats, Little Boy, Bob, and General, have an expanded habitat due to a Fund friend, Pamela Vincent.
Posted: 09/25/07
A large iguana sunbathes inside a new enclosure built for him at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Tex. ©2006 Linda Cohan

Iguanas

Seeing Green Due to New Outside Enclosure

Fifteen continuously growing lizards require some elbow room, and the expanded habitat at the ranch gives them double the space to sun, climb, and rest outside much of the year.
Posted: 05/09/07

Rescued from Public Lands   More

Forever Homes For Mustangs Becoming A Reality

Midnight was among 210 neglected and starving wild mustangs The Humane Society of the United States helped rescue late April from a Nebraska ranch.
Posted: 09/25/09
Horses return to freedom at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. ©2008 Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch

Eight Horses

Spared by Compassion and Cooperation

Eight lucky horses, once rescued from public lands, join their new friends at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch.
Posted: 04/14/08
Torrential downpours created lagoons, stranding burros at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas; workers were able to lead them to safety. ©2007 Fund for Animals

The Burros Rescued from Rising Waters

Stranded on Flooded Islands, Rescued Burros are Rescued Again

As rains pounded East Texas, a group of burros found themselves dangerously stranded on smaller and smaller parcels of land without access to food. They were finally led through the belly-deep water to safety.
Posted: 07/05/07

Rescued from Research Labs    More 

Roxanne, a rhesus macaque, enjoys the tranquility of her life at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Tex., where she will live free for the rest of her life and never again suffer as a laboratory research subject. ©2007 Fund for Animals

Rhesus Macaques

Speaking No Evil: Primates in Research

Of the hundreds of thousands of rhesus macaques suffering pain and distress as research subjects in laboratories across the United States, a lucky few found sanctuary at the ranch.
Posted: 02/16/10
Lulu, a chimpanzee, eats watermelon in celebration of her 10th anniversary at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas. ©2007 HSUS

Lulu, the Chimpanzee

Lulu’s Laboratory Lament: Chimp Survives Biomedical Research Testing

Lulu spent years as a research subject at a biomedical laboratory in New York. She gained her freedom when the lab closed and her forever home when she crossed through Black Beauty's gates.
Posted: 09/18/07
Midge is one of three chimpanzees rescued from a research laboratory and now live at The Fund for Animals' Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas. ©2006 Fund for Animals

Midge, the Chimpanzee

Music-Maker Midge: This Chimp Likes to Rock Out

Midge no longer sits in a sterile cage undergoing hepatitis experiments. Instead this lucky chimp gets to indulge his joy of making music today, and any day, for as long as he wants. He's free from the researcher's needle and at his forever home.
Posted: 09/18/07
   

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