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ANIMALS FIND "SANCTUARY" AFTERBEING NEGLECTED AND ABUSED --IS*LEANING ON THE COMMUNITYTO HELP OUT ONE OF THEHORSES.25 NEWS REPORTER "BAYNEFRONEY" IS HERE TO INTRODUCEUS TO "ATTICUS" AND"STEPHANIE"& TWO UNLIKELYFRIENDS... HELPING EACH OTHERHEAL IN MORE WAYS THAN O.GOOD MORNING BAYNE.GOOD MORNING JOEY& STEPHANIEBROWN IS A VOLUNTEER AT THEBRIDGE SANCTUARY.

AND TO HER,ATTICUS IS MUCH MORE THAN STJUA HORSE&.

NOW SHE IS RAISINGMONEY TO HELP ATTICUS GET THESURGERY THAT HE NEEDS.PKG:*NATS OF HORS* ANUNBREABLKAE BOND*NAT: ILOVE YOU SO MUC* BROUGHTTOGETHER BY FATE STEPHANIEBROWN, VOLUNTEER "AS SOON AS IMET HIM, IT WAS LIKE IADTHIS IMMEDIATE CONNECTION WITHHIM." SINCE JUNE, STEPHANIEBROWN HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING ATTHE BRIDGE SANCTUARY, A SAFEPLACE FOR HORSES AND OERTHFARM ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEENABUSED AND NEGLECTED TO CALLHOME.

STEPHANIE BRN,OWVOLUNTEER "I CONTACTED THEMRIGHT AWAY AND I JUSTINSTANTLY MADE A CONNECTNIOWITH THEM." AND IT WAS HERETHAT SHE MET ATTICUS, ARETIRED RACE HORSE& FU OLLFLIFE AND ENERGY STEPHANIEBROWN, VOLUNTEER "HE IS THEBIGGEST, GOOFIEST BOY." ANDWHO LOVES THE CAMERA*NAT OFHORSE BUMPING CAMER* WBROWN BELIEVES HELPED SAVEHER.

STEPHANIE BROWN,VOLUNTEE"WR E ALL KIND OFEXPERIENCED SOME LEVEL OFDEPRESSION.

AND YOU KNOW HEJUST PULD LEME, HE GAVMEEJOY, HE GAVE ME SOMETHING TOLOOK FORWARD TO.H WITEVERYTHING HAPPENING, IT'SJUST IT HELPS ME, I LOVEHELPING THEM." AND NOW, SHEWANTS TO HELP RETURN THE FORAV*NAT OF ANIMAL* MARGARETRANSOM, FOUNDER, BRIDGESANCTUARY "HE WAS USED.

HUMANSUSED HIM AND TOSSEHIM D AWAY."ATTICUS HAD BEEN INJUREDBEREFO COMING TO THESANCTUARY& SUFFERING FROM A-----..

AND THE ONLY WAY TOFIX IT IS THROUGH SURGERY.MARGARET RANSOM, FOUNDER,BRIDGE SANCTUARY "PEOPLE THINKTHAT HE IS FINE, HE IS NOTFINE.

HE NEEDS IT DESPERATELY.HE DESERVES TO GET BETTER."AFTER JUST A FEW MONTHS OFCALLING THE BRIDGE HOME&ATTICUS HAS FINALLY GAINEDENOUGH WEIGHT TO BE ABLE TO GOUNDER ANESTHIAAFEL SYSTEPHANIE BROWN, VOLUNTEER "ASTIPLE INJURY FOR A HORSE ISLIKE A KNEE JUINRY F AORHUMAN." AND BROWN KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW IT FEELS, AS SHE HASARTHRITIS IN BOTH OF HERKNEES.

STEPHANIE BROWN,VOLUNTEER "I UNDERSTAND ATTHPAIN AND UND IERSTAND THATHAVING THE DESIRE TO WANT TODO THINGS THAT MY BODY ISN'TNECESSARILY ABLE TO DO WITUTA SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PAIN.AND KNOWING THAT HE IS GOINGTHROUGH THE SAME THING.

I DHATO DO WHAT IOU CLD DO TO HELPHIM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE LIKE AYOUNG HORSE AGAIN." AND INORDER TO HELP ATTICUS GET THEHELP THAT HE NEEDS, BROWN ISWORKING TOWARDS RAISING MONEYFOR HIS SURGERY.

STEPHANIEBROWN, VOLUNTEER "THERE IS NOREASON THAT HE CAN'T BE SOUND.TO BE LEAB TO MOVE AND RUN ANDPLAY LIKE A 5-YEAR- OLD HORSESHOULD BE ABLE TO AND I JUSTWANT THAT FOR HIM BECAUSE IJUST LOVE HIM." AND FOR BROWN,SHE BELIEVES THAT HELPINGATTICUS AND THE OTHEANR IMALSAT THE SANCTUARY IS WHAT SHEWAS MEANT TO DO ALL ALONG.STEPHANIE BROWN, VOLUNTEER "ITHINK GOD WASMS ILING DOWN ON, MEHE KNEW WHAT I NEEDED ANDHE SAW WHAT WACO NEEDED AND HESAW WHAT THIS AREA NEEDED ANDALL OF THE PIECES JUST FELLTOGEERTHIF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUTAND DONATE TO ATTICUS'SSURGY EROR VOLUNTEER AT ETHBRIDGE SANCTUARY, ALL OF THATINFOMATION IS ON THEIRFACEBOOK PAGE AND WEBS