{"id":84602,"date":"2026-03-04T14:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84602"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:03:33","slug":"it-is-roscos-10th-birthday-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84602","title":{"rendered":"It is Rosco\u2019s 10th Birthday today!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abandoned right after birth by a new lead stallion , we could not leave him to die. He was our very first Salt River Rescue!! \u2728 The one that started it all. \u2764\ufe0f You can read all about his story on his <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/sponsor-rosco\/\">sponsor page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is not easy to afford to take care of all of our rescues, and the idea that there\u2019s \u201cmoney in it\u201d is just insane. If there were money in doing the right thing, then maybe more people should be doing it! Fundraising is extremely hard and we can only do so much. The cost of caring for Rosco over these past ten years has been well over $50,000 \u2014 but he doesn\u2019t know that. And it is so worth it to see him thriving with his best friend Pacman at our Prescott location.<\/p>\n<p>We love this boy so much. Happy Birthday, Rosco!!<\/p>\n<p>A huge shout out to the very few sponsors Rosco has left! We will do a little LIVE feed with him later today, so stay tuned! \u2728<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/rescuehorse\">#rescuehorse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/saltriverwildhorses\">#saltriverwildhorses<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/saltriverhorses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltriverhorses<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/srwhmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#srwhmg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/saltriverherd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltriverherd<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abandoned right after birth by a new lead stallion , we could not leave him to die. 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