East Bay Newspapers- Slowly but surely, Happy's incredible story is unfolding. Since he came to Tiverton last fall, staff and volunteers at West Place Animal Sanctuary had been trying to uncover their rescued thoroughbred’s past. They knew only fragments of his story — that he was a former racehorse, about 14 years old, and that he had narrowly escaped being sent to slaughter after throwing a rider. But there was not much more.

ecoRI News - TIVERTON, R.I. — Felix has found a soft place to land. The 25-year-old Arabian horse joins West Place Animal Sanctuary.

We rescue, were are not supposed to be rescued. They day started like any other winter morning, cold and blanketed with snow. I had had a...