JASKIER

❗️Shall we fight for Jaskier? $300 USD in 24h

In the morning, we arrive at the killbuyers. Even from the courtyard, you can hear that it will be difficult to have a calm conversation today. Raised voices, shouting, everything done in a rush. The dealer talks about a long night, about matters not going the way they should. He needs money before the weekend. We listen, trying to steer the conversation toward the horse. That is precisely when he leads Jaskier out.

A whip whistles and strikes the ground. The horse jumps back. A moment later, he is tied up, and the conversation turns back to money. This time, the conditions are laid down immediately. Twenty four hours. He won’t wait any longer. Look at Jaskier. Small, slender, with a dark mane falling over his forehead. Still a horse or already a pony? One of those animals where it’s easy to picture a person brushing the hair away from his eyes. In the photos, he stands, turns his head toward us, pointing his ears at what is happening around him. You cannot get to know his entire character or determine his age in just a few moments. But you’d love to get the time to know him. To see what he is like when no one around is in a rush or raising their voice.

Meanwhile, right next to us, the counting continues how much everything costs, what didn’t sell, and why the money is needed quickly. This is how two different worlds collide today. A man wants to wrap up business before the weekend. We want to take the horse before his sale ends in a trip to the slaughterhouse. Jaskier is caught between us. This conversation is about him, yet he has no influence over the price or the deadline. We need $300 as a deposit. We have 24 hours. I know that for one person this might be an amount easy to donate, and for another, a huge part of their monthly budget. For us today, above all, it is an amount that must be raised in a very short time. To manage to show you Jaskier, reach out to more people, and return with the money before the agreement to wait runs out.

That is why a joint mobilization for him is so crucial today. So that one person donates, another shares, and the next passes his story forward. You don’t have to carry his entire rescue on your shoulders alone. We desperately need many people to chip in whatever they can. After the whip struck, Jaskier jumped back. He could afford that one movement. To pull away from the sound that frightened him. But he won’t walk away from this place on his own. He won’t choose the person who will take him, nor the direction of his next journey. Here, he already needs our help.

I would love to be able to show you him later among our rescued horses. When it will be possible to dedicate time to him without talking about how much is left to pay. To check his health, take care of his hooves, get to know his personality. To learn more about him than the fact that a buyer needs to be found quickly today. You know how many such stories we’ve been through together. First, photos from the dealer, a tight deadline, and a plea for help. Later, his arrival, the first days under care, subsequent news about the horse that managed to be saved. We deeply want Jaskier to have such a continuation as well.

Today, we are leaving him in this yard for a little longer. We take the photos and these 24 hours in which we must find help for him. I am asking you, please contribute toward the $300 deposit. Help us stop his sale to slaughter and gain time to complete his buyout.

If you can, donate. If you can, share. In a moment, a new day will begin in this yard again. We want to return there with the news that the deposit for Jaskier has been successfully raised.