Georgia farm gives wild horses and people a 2nd chance: "It just brings healing to my heart and theirs" – CBS News

Georgia farm gives wild horses and people a 2nd chance: “It just brings healing to my heart and theirs”  CBS News

On the 100 acres that make up War Angel Farms in Canton, horses rescued from kill pens get a chance to live full lives. Rumor arrived at War Angel Farms in Canton pregnant and severely malnourished, after landing in a horse "kill pen," where some horses bought by dealers may be sent across the border for slaughter. Casey Montana learned she had once been a racing quarter horse after tracing the tattoo on her lip. "It just shows you that any kind of horse can end up at a kill pen," Montana said. Another foal, Birdie, was born the night her mother was dropped off at a kill pen. Montana's rescue took in both.

Birdie was about five days old when she arrived at the farm, and Montana said the foal spent three months on medication as she recovered from respiratory and immune-system problems. It's all part of the day-to-day work at War Angel Farms, a 100-acre family farm that rescues horses mostly from kill pens in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Images of wild horses being rounded up in the West earlier this year have renewed questions about what happens to them after they leave the range. The Bureau of Land Management's fiscal 2026 schedule called for gathering more than 14,500 wild horses and burros. The agency says it gathers