Support Cinnamon the Wild Pony
Thank you for becoming one of our regular supporters by sponsoring Cinnamon the wild pony. That’s her in the picture above. Scroll down to read more about her.
Every donation — large or small — goes directly to the care that Cinnamon and her fellow sanctuary animals need: hay, feed, vet visits, farrier services, and everything that keeps everyone going.
The form below uses Stripe to set up a monthly or weekly donation — whatever works best for you at any amount that suits you (most people choose something between $20 and $100 per month, but it’s up to you).
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We found Cinnamon, a little wild horse, living on a huge property with others. The new landowner ran cattle and didn’t want all those horses eating the grass. People were coming in uninvited and shooting them to sell as dog meat.
The plan was to trap them, hire a natural horse trainer, and sell them as children’s ponies. I was invited to document their journey through film.
Instead, I saw them struggling, and the entire little trapped herd ended up here at the sanctuary for a life of zero pressure and 100% peace.
After he was gelded, pony stallion Finn took Cinnamon as his wife. They went everywhere together, deeply bonded. When Ciinnamon jumped fences to be mated by KNP Merlin years later, Finn was furious, but he accepted the baby, Wild Flower, as his own.
Later, when another mother died, leaving her ten-month-old foal, Wild Meadow, behind, Finn and Cinnamon graciously adopted her and acted as her parents. Wild Flower and Wild Meadow, who were the same age, were good friends.
By the time Finn died, Wild Flower and Wild Meadow had trotted off to be with handsome, newly gelded Navaho, who was also gracious enough to accept their aging parents into his herd as well.
This was different from what another new gelding, Goldie, had previously done. Goldie “stole” Cinnamon the first chance he could, which broke Finn’s heart. This would not do. We quickly offered Goldie some newly rescued girls of his own, and he was very happy with that. (One of them is still happily part of his herd.)
Cinnamon was similarly glad to go back to being with Finn. She was reunited with her beau, and they lived happily until Finn’s end. Today, she still hangs a bit with her daughter’s herd, is safe within the big herd, and is now elderly and not doing quite so well in the drought conditions we currently have. I keep a bale of lucerne hay in the car just for her. It’s not often she gets a full biscuit for herself because the others all notice, but she knows I try and is often waiting for me alone on the hill away from the others just in case.
Cinnamon is a beloved member of our sanctuary herd, and we appreciate your sponsoring her.