Shannen Doherty’s Birthday Gift From PETA: Rescued Horse Named in Her Honor
For Immediate Release:
April 11, 2024
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To mark actor Shannen Doherty’s birthday tomorrow, PETA has named a rescued horse after the Beverly Hills, 90210 star in honor of her longtime dream of establishing a sanctuary for elderly and abandoned horses. Doherty recently revealed that, as she continues to undergo treatment for cancer, she has chosen to give up her plan to renovate her property in Tennessee to house the animals.
Shannen the horse is roughly 5 years old and was rescued from a life of exhausting drudgery hauling vegetable carts in Delhi by PETA India, whose mechanization project helps locals replace animals used for labor with trucks, tractors, and other machinery. Now at an Animal Rahat sanctuary, Shannen can lounge in the shade, socialize with other horses, and eat the fresh mangoes that grow in its orchard—and she’ll never be forced to pull a heavy cart in the blistering heat again.
“Shannen Doherty recognizes that horses like her namesake belong in green pastures, not shackled to carts in noisy city streets,” says PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange. “PETA is celebrating her birthday and her huge heart for animals by honoring her dream and giving this horse a chance at a happy and healthy life in which she can run free, roll in the grass, and never be chained again.”
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
