Mission Statement:

*Our mission is to rescue and protect equine

victims of neglect and abuse, and

to re-home or provide a lifelong home

for these horses.

*To eliminate the practice of

horse slaughter and to make

the public aware of this practice

and to try and remove as many

horses as possible from the Second Chance Equine Rescue &

Sanctuary Second
slaughter pipeline.
Cherrywood Farm Chance
234 Hawkins-Cummins Road
*To help educate potential horse Paris, KY 40361 Equine
owners regarding how much time, Phone 859-396-7397
money, and effort is needed
Rescue
www.scerasforum.org
to properly own and care for www.scerasinc.org And
a horse with the intention of

preventing many cases of

SCERAS is a
non-profit corporation in the Commonwealth
Sanctuary
neglect and abuse. of Kentucky.

They all deserve a

 second chance.
Because he was too weak to stand on his
Second Chance Equine own, Nicole and her husband had to hoist
Rescue & Sanctuary was him up using mesh straps. For the first
founded in September 2009 month Nicole had to give Second Chance
liquids through a feeding tube and roll him
at Cherrywood Farm from side to side to prevent more sores. On
in Paris, KY April 1, 2008, Chance made it to his feet on
his own! On May 22, 2008, he made his first
run in the sun!

Because of his rough start in life, Second

Chance will always require special care.
Second Chance February 2008 To ensure that he gets it Chance was moved
to his forever home at Cherrywood Farm,
On February 29th, 2008 Nicole Baker, one of home of Second Chance Equine Rescue &
our board members, rescued a colt that was Sanctuary.
left for dead on the side of a county road in
Kentucky. Many thought that the best thing
to do for this little guy would be to euthanize
him. But Nicole felt that he deserved a
Cherrywood Farm
second chance, hence his new name!
2010 Events
He was so malnourished and so
March 6, 2010
neglected that his body was feeding
FOP Charity Dart Tournament
off his muscles to survive. The colt was
St Joseph, MI rated a low 2 on the Henneke scale by the
April 17, 2010 John Henry Adoption Fair vet. He had several wounds from road rash
Lexington, KY and pressure sores.
September 18-19, 2010 Second Chance with pal Danni, October 2009
SCERAS Festival
Paris, KY