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Help Save Sweetheart

Sweetheart will steal your heart.  Like so many who are brought to the Society’s barns, she had all but lost hope.  We received little information about her.  How had she gotten in this
shocking condition?  She was so thin, with ribs, spine, tail head, and hipbones protruding through her rain-rotted, dull winter coat.  Her skinny rump was covered in patches of infected skin, bare from the loss of hair, and hot to the touch.  read more »

Local “Gems” Help Support Animals

The staff of Windham’s G.M. Pollack & Sons jewelry store visited the Society’s farm at 279 River Road, South Windham on Sunday, January 17, 2010. Led by store manager Susan Brockett, store associates Lisa Jaques and Sara McDougall arrived with a very generous check in hand, along with a tub of treats for the horses.  read more »

Narragansett Hay for Horses

The MSSPA knows that when it comes to saving the lives of animals, one is never too young to make a difference. The first-graders of the Narragansett School in Gorham proved this after raising $570 for the Society. This money is designated to help keep the barn’s hay loft stocked and the horses’ bellies full.  read more »

Equitatus Recognitio

Obedience the spur
fealty their doom
human honor their burden,
sacrificed upon glory’s throne,
horror and gore their reward

Ah, the romantic dreams  read more »

Growing Pains

At eleven, I led my new pony, Molly
away from Camp Winnecunnet Petting Zoo,
where she was fed chicken feed and kept
in a wire-framed stall so narrow  read more »

Windham Second Grade Class Heading the the Big Barn

Holiday Recipe for Happiness

Preheat the circumstances to critical, combine a few dozen second graders and their families with a half dozen creative, community minded teachers, blend with field trips on perfect autumn afternoons, some practical math lessons, and lot of very hard work.  read more »

MELISSA BARTER

And the winner is . . .

Melissa Barter of Windham, Maine! The Society thanks everyone who purchased raffle tickets to win the fabulous purple pagoda cat tree donated by Bryan Kaufman of r6meows.com.  read more »

MSSPA Holiday Open House

Horse Rescue Farm Holiday Open House

On Saturday, December 5th, the River Road farm of the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals was filled with holiday spirit as guests enjoyed hot cider, hot chocolate, coffee and holiday treats. The horses whinnied their greetings and showed Society visitors what equine rehabilitation is all about.  read more »

In the Pasture

It would be impossible to draw these three workhorses  read more »

Birthday at MSSPA

The Giving Spirit

The animals, staff and friends of the Society send a heartfelt thank you and happy birthday wish to Connor H. of Gorham. Connor met many of the animals last year when his school class took a field trip to the Society’s River Road farm in South Windham. What he learned about the creatures there made an impression that will last a lifetime.  read more »

Meridith Ford and Matthew Hackett Wedding

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Mrs. Rich and Little Becky Foster

School Children Raise Money to Feed Starved Horses

Many school children in Maine are learning the golden rule in the most practical of ways. With the help of their teachers, families, and friends they come to tour the barns of the Society and learn about the many animals who call the barns home. Society staffers welcome the opportunity to provide a small bit humane education and tell the children the stories of the horses they can see and touch.   read more »

Jaser in his stall

Abused and Neglected Horses Adopted by Keller Williams Realty

Throughout January the employees of Keller Williams Realty will be devoting their time and energy to business, of course, but also to the local charity they have selected to adopt for the month.  The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals was recently contacted by Jan Smith of Keller Williams  read more »

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