Living Hero #2 Susan Fyfe

The following story touched me because of the goals I have set for myself at this age. I love horses but have always had a healthy fear of them too.
Susan did what I strive for. To be able to take charge of a situation and organize a group of people into action. She was able to do this with the passion she had for horses. People recognize this and are inspired to help.
I am a relatively new teacher in Kung Fu and strive to inspire the students to a new passion for the art. Along with the higher black belts in our school Master Brinker demonstrates this passion every time he steps onto the mats. I know I have to find my own way to touch people but with these people as mentors I feel I have an excellent start.

Linda

Reader’s Digest names Alta. woman who saved 100 starving horses 2008 'Rescue Hero'
THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — When Susan Fyfe took 100 emaciated Arabian horses into her care last spring, all she wanted was to see them nursed back to health.
“I wasn’t doing it for my breeding program, I did it to heal the horses,” said Fyfe, who spearheaded efforts to save the starving herd in central Alberta.
Those efforts have landed Fyfe on the cover of this month’s Reader’s Digest magazine, who named her “Rescue Hero of 2008.”
She was nominated by a friend in Okotoks, Alta., and chosen among thousands of other nominees.
“I feel honoured,” said Fyfe, who owns Keno Hills Stable and Tack Shop in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton.
She said the rescue mission was a group effort involving nearly 500 volunteers who devoted their time, resources and expertise.
Fyfe took in the animals a week after they had been seized by the SPCA on Feb. 26, 2008 from a farm near Andrew, about 100 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
The horses were supposed to be auctioned the week they were discovered, but the sale was put off when they were deemed too sick and emaciated.
Some of them were so exhausted they couldn’t even lift their heads off the ground, Fyfe said.
The SPCA found 27 horses dead on the ranch, and four more died later.
By July, all the horses had been adopted and are all doing well, Fyfe said.
The two horse owners were charged under the Animal Protection Act and fined. One of the owners, who faced a similar conviction in 2005, is prohibited from owning horses.