Bonding with Conquistador (aka Keester) at Spring Creek Horse Rescue near Durango, Colorado.
Keester, a 32-year-old Arabian gelding, is one of two dozen abused, neglected, outgrown and/or unwanted horses at Spring Creek Horse Rescue, an anti-slaughter rescue that emphasizes the rehabilitation and placement of horses into new homes. At least half of the horses at Spring Creek were on their way to Mexico for slaughter and sale as horse meat in European markets.
(Photo: Jenni Patterson)
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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