Wings of a Bird

Couple offers clearer view of blind horses - Seattle Times
When Juliane Hanley first saw the frightened young horse at an Enumclaw auction, it was obvious the filly was blind.
She titled her head in a funny way and kept running into the gate of a stall. "At one point, she ended up falling on her back. It was heartbreaking," said Hanley. And that was before the auctioneer said the horse wasn't worth the cost of grain to feed her and sold her to the "meat man" for $20, Hanley said.
As she sat in the bleachers and the auction wound to a close, Hanley, 31, couldn't stop thinking about the scared filly being led to a gruesome slaughter. She and other members of the Cowgirl Spirit Rescue Drill Team approached the meat man and bought the blind horse from him for $20.
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Horses like Lena make a mental map of their environments, Smith said, and maneuver well if objects aren't moved on them. Others rely on a buddy horse they stay close to as they walk in a pasture or corral.
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In all, Smith and Marker care for 20 blind horses at their Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary. (You can meet most of them at www.blindhorses.org.) They include Madison and Bridger, an inseparable couple, according to Smith. ...