NEER was started in '05 when I saw a need to network all the people interested in helping horses. I saw that rescues weren't talking to each other, and didn't have the time to solicit all that they needed from the many that are happy to help. I don't have the land to save them all, and my husband won't let me spend the retirement money. So instead, I started the NEER board and got my friends involved, it has grown into 600+ members since then, and we have done a great deal to help many horses, with the help of everybody that we can find.
I personally live in coastal RI, but the NEER peeps are all over New England, including those below, who are both the NEER core, and fosters for NEER.
Thanks to everybody who has helped, we have really made a difference... (:
Beth Hill Ross
Founder
Rhode Island
fatoldfarmwife@verizon.net
Volunteer/RIDART/www.RIDART.org
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Welcome to www.RIDART.org – the team's on-line home!
The Rhode Island Disaster Animal Response Team (RIDART) is a public/private/volunteer partnership to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies affecting animals in Rhode Island. Those animals include large and small domestic animals as well as wildlife. The emergencies they could face range from storms or floods to fires and oil spills.
The team is composed of volunteers who work under the direction of the RI State Veterinarian. Training – free to team members – emphasizes safe handling of animals, pet first aid, effective rescuing, sheltering, and reuniting pets with their owners. The team helps assure that Rhode Islanders are as ready as possible to make the best of bad situations.
Mary Martin
#1 Eville Minion /MA Director
Board Member
Groveland, MA
martinmaryd@comcast.net
Beth Daly
Hyridge farm
Giddy Up Pony Rides
Foster/Emergency Placement
Winchendon, MA
GiddyUpPonyRides.com
giddyupponyparty@aol.com
Beth is our emergency placement foster, she took on the BIG Mr and Hazel when they were being neglected by another foster... ):
Kim York
KiMMiPanTs
Foster/ACO
Groveland, MA
angelremi@comcast.net
Dora Ferrari
Foster/Grant Writer/Medical overseer to Noir
MA... arcadia_arden@yahoo.com
Debbie Jolin
Tack Store Master
Approved Foster
Oxford, MA
debbiejolin@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/debbie2confused
Sue Mayo
Neer Board Member/Sec'y
RI
hopefularabian@cox.net