Sad news from "The Soul of a Horse" author
Morgan
June 12, 2009 June 21, 2014
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just got this in my mail:
[quote]Sad news from "The Soul of a Horse" author
Posted by: "Yvonne Welz" editor@TheHorsesHoof.com wishingwelz
Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:40 am (PDT)
We received some sad news about "The Soul of a Horse" author and
barefoot/natural horse advocate Joe Camp. Some of you may have been
following the story of Joe Camp's adopted mustang, and the birth of her colt
Malachi, just a couple months ago. They were going to be the stars of Joe's
new book, a follow up to The Soul of a Horse.
Unfortunately, fate had other plans, and our heart goes out to Joe & his
family on their tragic loss - this is from Joe's site:
http://www.thesoulofahorse.com/GoodbyeMalachi.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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A Brilliant Star Extinguished
Malachi Killed in Storm Aftermath
Our Hearts are breaking
On the evening of June 3rd, exactly three months from the day of his birth,
we lost Malachi in the aftermath of a violent thunder and lightning storm
that knocked out a power pole on our property. At 2:00 am a fleet of huge
power company trucks climbed our driveway which passes right by Noelle and
Malachi's paddocks and stalls. These gigantic loud monsters apparently
freaked Malachi into a frenzy and he cracked his head on a post. According
to Dr. Matt he dropped immediately and died on the spot. We are devastated.
Just devastated. He was our first and only baby. We only wanted one. And so
much of the rest of my life was wrapped up in him.
I so looked forward to going down at feeding times because Malachi got to
come outside and play while I loaded the gator for the pasture feed. He was
such a good boy. And so big, and strong, and healthy. Everything you could
ask for in a messenger for the mustangs; and he represented everything we
had learned in The Soul of a Horse, our entire journey. His birth was to be
the first chapter of the next book. I loved him so, and so looked forward to
the rest of my life with my boy horse. It was all so random. So wrong. I
can't stop crying. I am lost.
The photo above was taken on May 24th. The first two below on May 25th and
are the last ones taken with me when he was awake. The next two were the
very last ones taken, on May 28th, the day of his gelding.
I will be offline and newsletters will be on hold for a while.
Joe
Goodbye Malachi, my boy horse. I don't know
what I will do without you.
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:sad
You never know...
Re: Sad news from "The Soul of a Horse" author
Thats terrible... :sad
I'm glad you posted this though, I had never heard of that site or anything and I'm learning so much from it.