THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, April 5, 2012


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VOLUME 21, NO. 14


A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012


COMPLIMENTARY


Susan Kyriakoutsakos with River, the Appaloosa mare she adopted and rehabilitated. River was rescued by Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester, in 2005, along with 106 other horses. At right, as noted by the street signs, are the outdoor paddocks at Live and Let Live at the corner of Rescue and Sanctuary.


ROBERTA BAKER PHOTOS LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM- A PLACE THEY CALL HOME


by Roberta Baker Contributing Writer


Susan Kyriakoutsakos, re-


cently recovered from cataract surgery, patiently leads River, a black-and-cream marbled horse, on their appointed rounds. At each corral gate, the Appaloosa mare cranes her neck to scoop up an empty food bowl, and turns to her mistress, bowl in teeth. “Good girl, River.” Kyriakout-


sakos beams, then places each bowl in a cart. Collecting bowls is River’s new


job, part of her weekly routine at Live and Let Live Farm, the


Smudgie and Meringue, two bunnies, were brought to Live and Let Live Farm by the NH Humane Society.


state’s largest sanctuary for sur- rendered, abandoned or abused horses. The 7-year-old mare, one of a traditional breed of mot- tled horses originally developed by the Nez Perce Indians of the Pacific Northwest, was unable to be sold as a yearling because of the pale blue film that rings her right eye, even though her sight is normal. Slated to be farmed for pregnant mare urine valued by the pharmaceutical industry, River was rescued by Live and Let Live Farm in 2005 along with 106 other horses, 40 of them pregnant, and transported from Manitoba, Canada to the Chich- ester farm.


Scraggly, dull-coated, without


a tail or mane, “She looked abso- lutely horrible,” Kyriakoutsakos recalls. “It was her personal- ity that shone. Her brightness, her willingness – and she loved people.


the day I met her. It’s amazing the things she does.”


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