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Photographing the Strength and Beauty of Rescued Horses
National Geographic - YouTube
March 19, 2018
When photographer Katie Orlinsky went to Rosemary Farm Sanctuary on assignment for National Geographic, she captured a unique and heartwarming story of resilience for rescued equine animals getting their second chance at life and the people working to care for them every day.
Fall in the Catskills: Rosemary Farm Sanctuary
I Love New York - YouTube
November 3, 2016
This video from the I Love New York campaign features Rosemary Farm Sanctuary, a horse rescue in the Catskills Mountains, home to over 100 rescued equines.
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Where Horses Get to be Horses
By Cat Gareth
The New Franklin Register
Summer 2021
You don’t have to have been a horse-crazy girl like I was, with my imaginary horses galloping alongside my parents’ car, to be inspired by what’s happening at Rosemary Farm Sanctuary... (continue reading)
Rosemary Farm Sanctuary, Inc. of South Kortright, New York is Verified by Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries
Press Release
October 24, 2018
The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS), the only globally recognized organization providing standards for identifying legitimate animal sanctuaries, awarded Verified status to Rosemary Farm Sanctuary, Inc. as of October 24, 2018... (continue reading)
Visiting Rosemary Farm Sanctuary
By Laurence Holyoak
Journeys and Jaunts
September 4, 2018
Have you ever dreamed of waking up to the sound of horses whinnying and thundering hooves right outside your window? Well, in the Catskills Mountains of New York, you can do just that... (continue reading)
Cover Photo - Holistic Horse
Issue 114 - April/May, 2018
Magazine cover featuring Rosemary Farm Sanctuary Founder & Executive Director Dawn Robyn with General Snow Plow. (view)
Meet Firefly, Rescued from Slaughter
By Rosie Cunningham
The Walton Reporter
May 2017
Meet Firefly, a beautiful Mustang which was saved from slaughter not once, but twice. Firefly resides at Rosemary Farm Sanctuary in Kortright… (continue reading)
Rosemary Farm to Host Ponypalooza
By Rosie Cunningham
The Walton Reporter
September 28, 2016
When you arrive at Rosemary Farm Horse Sanctuary, don’t be alarmed when you’re greeted by a large, white horse, named Annie. Annie waits impatiently for her meals right outside the back door of Dawn Robyn and Robert Rosenbaum’s home on Roses Brook. The “senior” gets babied, gets treats and has the run of the farm… (continue reading)
From the Preakness to the Pasture
The Saratogian
September 10, 2016
When Dawn Robyn Petrlik, owner of Rosemary Farm Sanctuary horse rescue in South Kortright, arrived at a horse auction with her trailer in tow, she was looking for two particular horses that a friend alerted her may go up on the auction block. What she found was something entirely different… (continue reading)
King Congie Saved from Slaughterhouse
By Nicole Russo
The Daily Racing Form
August 22, 2016
On Friday night, Rosemary Farm, a horse rescue operation in the Catskills region of New York, purchased an unknown Thoroughbred with a “strange leg” from a livestock auction where kill buyers were shopping and immediately drove him to Rhinebeck Equine Hospital for evaluation… (continue reading)
Meet the Beautiful One-Eyed Luna
By Rosie Cunningham
The Walton Reporter
October 26, 2016
Luna, a 20 year-old former world class halter champion, is The Reporter pet of the week. The gentle registered quarter horse mare was saved by Rosemary Farm Sanctuary earlier this year. She was neglected and had a tumor growing through her eye. Following her rescue by the horse sanctuary… (continue reading)
Hitta Hem
By Catarina Lundgren Astrom
KENTAUR (Sweden)
2015
När Dawn och Robert hittade gården i Catskills norr om New York började de drömma om att ha ett par hästar idylliskt betande på ägorna. Men det blev mer än så. I dag har de räddat över 130 hästar från misshandel, vanvård och slakt… (continue reading)
Rosemary Farm Sanctuary: dove i cavalli ritrovano la speranza
By Constanza Sciubba Caniglia
Cavallo Magazine (Italy)
2014
C’e la quarter horse salvate dal macelfo, ma nacho un bellissimo giovane cavallo, completamente cieco, al quale il veterinario aveva dato un ultimatum l’inverno scorso “o smette di essere depresso o lo abbadiamo, non posso verdetto cod triste”… (continue reading)
Cover Photo - Equine Rescue & Adoption
124 - Ready, Set, Rescue - 2014
Magazine cover featuring Rosemary Farm Founder & Executive Director Dawn Robyn and HORSE. (view)
Rescued Horses Provided Sanctuary, Given New Lease on Life
By Lillian Browne
The Walton Reporter
April 17, 2013
An equine rescue sanctuary in South Kortright is striving to raise awareness about the horse slaughter industry and facilitate permanent homes for abandoned horses… (continue reading)
Historic Rosemary Farm is Now a Sanctuary for Horses
By Rosie Cunningham
The Mountain Eagle
August 19, 2010
At historic Rosemary Farm on Roses Brook Road near South Kortright, there is now a safe harbor for doomed horses. Rather than see horses in distress go to the dinner table, one woman is doing all she can to see they to safe stables… (continue reading)
What Are The Odds?
By Laurie Monroe
Today’s Horse Trader
July 2010
An email is opened within hours of when it arrives. The phone rings at home and I’m actually there and answer it. There is room at the inn? If you knew me, then you would know the odds are NOT high for any of these events. How about the odds of someone actually attending an upstate New York known kill-buyer auction… (continue reading)