http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/oct/17/owner-blind-horse-working-make-its-life-little-eas/I saw this article this morning about a blind mustang that needs cataract surgery, and it touched me that the man who bought the horse decided to make its life better rather than returning it to the Bureau of Land Management to exchange for another horse, which he could have done, rather than paying even
more money to try to help the horse.
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When Miller got Levi this past June from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to train him for 90 days for a September mustang show in Lincoln, Neb., he didn’t know the horse could barely see. Neither did the Bureau of Land Management, he said.
However, no sooner did Miller get Levi home that he realized something was amiss. The horse wasn’t responding to hand or body movements, even those that normally would send a mustang into a gallop.
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Miller said he could have given Levi back to the Bureau of Land Management to exchange for another horse. But he knew Levi likely would have been put down.
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Miller, who recently brought the horse to the Mustang Fun Show at Heartland Ranch in Wakarusa, is attempting to raise funds on a Facebook page dedicated to “Levi Miller” to help offset approximately $7,500 for surgery to remove cataracts from both of the horse’s eyes <emphasis added>. He said one person at the auction drove the bidding up to $450 before Miller got Levi for $500. “That was too bad,” Miller said, “because I could have used the money to help pay for his cataract surgery.”
I was moved to donate a little bit, because I love animals so much, and I thought it was really cool that this guy who bought the horse didn’t want to return him because he would be put down, even though paying for the horse’s surgery would push the cost of the horse for him even higher.
NOTE: I mailed my check to the bank fund set up for the horse, because I never can navigate or find people on FB. I assumed people more comfortable with FB than I am would be able to find it. (An article I read said you're supposed to search "Levi Miller Tonganoxie.") But here is the address for the bank fund set up for the horse's surgery:Union Bank & Trust Co.
309 Oak Street
P.O. Box 397
Bonner Springs, Ks. 66012-0397
Care of: Levi Miller Eye Surgery