Horses Survival Instinct

Several twisters blew through Oklahoma last week, and I have heard of three amazing survival stories.

1. Blazes Equine Rescue recently fostered out a companion only horse to a family in Calumet, Oklahoma. He had a dislocated pelvis, so he couldn't be riden. Blazes recently got a call that he had gotten caught in the tornado, and his ear was ripped out of the ear canal, along with several other issues. They went to put him down, and he was pronouced dead that day. A few days later, they got a call about a stray horse walking around Calumet. "Elvis" was still alive and had not left the building!!! When they "put him down", he had so much adrenaline going that it just slowed his heart rate down to an undetecable pace. Blazes Rescue is now doing everything in their power to make sure Elvis can recover.

Elvis being treated on scene.

2. (copied from the News 9 website)

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tuesday's tornados killed a lot of pets and other animals. Many people lost their cattle and horses when the tornadoes tore through their pastures and farms.

But there are also some miraculous stories of survival and a horse named Fiona is one of them.

She has several stitches on her side and underneath and is truly lucky to be alive. She was out in a field in Calumet when a tornado tore a path right through there.

She somehow managed to get inside a barn that was closed off, but then that barn collapsed on top of her.

The mare was trapped inside all of this mangled mess of metal and debris.

"Basically it just formed a nice little cocoon for her to survive under. She was trapped in there for probably 16 to 18 hours. No food or water and when we did find her we had to get a dozer," said Natalee Cross of Blaze's Tribute Equine Rescue. "She never overreacted about the situation or anything."

What's more amazing is how Fiona even found shelter. You see Fiona can't see.

"She can't see, she's totally blind, so how she know what to do or where she was going I don't know. She definitely had an angel watching over her that day too," Cross said.

Fiona under all the rubble. :(

3. (copied from the News 9 website also)

And Fiona is not the only horse that miraculously survived. There is Moonstruck and Catori.

Catori has actually escaped death twice before. She was being sent to slaughter when the trailer she was in crashed on the highway last May.

Several horses died in the crash. Catori survived and was pregnant at the time.

Moonstruck was born two months ago, and both mother and colt were also out in a field in Calumet when that tornado blew through.

"She found the best possible place to lay low and keep her baby as protected as possible," Cross said.

Moonstruck has several deep cuts and is limping along. But Catori, though skittish, seems to have come through unscathed.

"God has a purpose for them, I don't know what it is yet, but they're meant to be here. And they keep on fighting," Cross said.

God does have a purpose for all of these horses. And right now, they are being nursed back to health by volunteers and fosters with Blaze's Tribute Equine Rescue.

Catori and Moonstruck

What is more amazing, is ALL of these horses were from the same place. The Wallings family was fostering 21 horses for Blazes, and only these 4 made it. The family lost everything. Find Blaze's Equine Rescue on facebook to read more. Here is a link to more photo's of the damage of the Walling's place and the horses. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150275770013745.373829.281046378744