Boy who saved horse with birthday cash is repaid
A 9-year-old Ontario boy, who pledged his birthday money to save a doomed Thoroughbred from slaughter, opened his mailbox this month to find that his selfless act had been repaid in full. A check in the amount of $650 was issued from fellow horseman and kindred spirit Don Martello of North Carolina, an animal lover deeply touched by young Brandon Heyman’s decision to give away his birthday cash earlier this year to rescue 17-year-old chestnut mare Karazan from the meat buyer. Brandon’s decision, and his mother MJ Allen’s subsequent choice to raise the funds to both save Karazan and give […]
