Story submitted by Heart of the Phoenix Equine Rescue Facebook | Website Tonks was a neglect case from WV. You would not even recognize her before picture. Her thin body looked like nothing more than skin stretched over a skeleton. Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue took her in, ...read more

Story by This Old Horse At This Old Horse our number one priority is providing a safe and caring environment for horses. But when life gets busy, as it often does at any horse sanctuary, you lose sight of the rest. For us, it is also about community and the positive effect of ...read more

Story submitted by Spring Creek Horse Rescue Ayden came to us as an emergency when her Mom stepped in a gopher hole and broke her leg. Four weeks old and loading her in the trailer to bring her to us they overshot and ran her into the trailer door and exploded her shoulder. The ...read more

Story submitted by New Mexico Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch When Limit arrived at the ranch in April 2017, it tore at our heartstrings that he had such a name. Limit had certainly reached his limit with people who had failed him and basically life in general. He was ...read more

Story submitted by Animal Response Foundation  Holly and her tiny daughter Clara were seized in a joint case we worked with Mississippi Horses Rescue and we took them because they were the most severely starved.  Holly had no milk for Clara so it is a miracle that ...read more

Story submitted by Horse Help Providers Inc.  Minerva was rescued from severe starvation, directly from her owner/breeder, when Minerva was a yearling. She was adopted out but was returned. After a series of foster homes, we decided to give Minerva a permanent home at our ...read more

Story submitted by Animal Response Foundation Henry was one of 2 horses in an owner surrender case involving starvation and lack of care. Close to death when we arrived Henry was down in the dirt and very banged up from struggling for so long to stand. He was too weak to stand ...read more

Submitted by Allegiance Ranch and Equine Rescue These two beauties, mother and son, inexplicably found themselves on a lot bound for slaughter. It was unlikely the colt would be sent to slaughter, but his mare was certainly at risk, and young horses on a lot such as ...read more

Story submitted by Off Track, On Course Thoroughbreds We have been lucky to have a young, 3 year old mare named Call Darling join us here at Off Track, On Course Thoroughbreds. She retired from racing due to juvenile arthritis and was struggling with some soundness issues. She ...read more

Volunteer Story submitted by DoubleHP Horse Help Provider Shauntae is a volunteer/intern here through our Governor's Office / Dept. of Labor program called Career Launch. High School students can intern at places that relate to their career interests. Shauntae has an interest in ...read more

Story submitted by ResQue Ranch  Honeybee is approximately 34 years old and came to ResQue Ranch over 2 years ago. She had been found by a previous owner at another site emaciated, neglected and with advanced Cushings Disease. Her veterinarian suggested she be euthanized and fed ...read more

Story submitted by Off Track, On Course Thoroughbreds I had been tagged in a post on facebook about a tall, straggly older chestnut gelding who recently survived a barn fire and had no place to go. As sad of a story as that is in and of itself, I had no idea the depths of this ...read more

Story submitted by DoubleHP Horse Help Providers We like to update you on HotShot every year. He enjoys 10 pounds of Purina Senior Feed every single day of the year! HotShot will be 29 in 2019! We rescued him directly from his owner/breeder, who was going to send him to ...read more

Story submitted by Rory Ridge Rescue  Bandit story began as Gus who no one wanted to buy. His owner had him as a companion to their mare. Without any success at selling Bandit aka Gus they took him to a small local Texas auction from there is how he ended up as a young unbroken ...read more

Story submitted by Brave Meadows It all began one morning when I was sitting at the allergy doctor waiting on my allergy shots. I was looking on Facebook at a kill pen’s page of the horses they were selling. I noticed a beautiful gray Arabian mare for sale, and hoped she might be ...read more

Story submitted by Pasture Pals Equine Rescue, Inc. About a year and a half ago, I started volunteering at Pasture Pals Equine Rescue. While every single one of their animals is special, Jazzy is a horse that is near and dear to my heart. During our orientation I was asked to ...read more

Story submitted by New Mexico Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch Kasi came to our ranch in June 2013. She was very emaciated and weak. As she gained strength and weight, we realized she did not trust people, and we were not able to halter her. At the time, she shared a ...read more

Story submitted by GEVA “All life, regardless of its form, classification or reputation, will respond to genuine interest, respect, appreciation, admiration, affection, gentleness, courtesy, good manners.” —J. Allen Boone, Kinship with all Life I don’t know what it was that first ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2018 View this release online Contact: Lynn Coakley mail@equusfoundation.org  203-259-1550 "Knowing that I helped someone heal is the greatest feeling," said Brittany Williams, a volunteer at StableStrides in Elbert, CO. Williams is one of five ...read more

Story submitted by Sophia's Oasis for Rescues (S.O.F.E) On February 26th 2016, Nattoway County Sheriff’s Department seized 42 horses and 15 dogs from Ravenswood horse farm for reports of abuse and neglect. Sadly, just months before 11 of those horses were part of another seizure ...read more

Story submitted by Horse Helpers, Inc., dba Horse Helpers of the High Country This was an ad Elizabeth, one our volunteers sent me off of Craig’s List with the accompanying picture: pet horse for sale - $500 I have a roughly 4 year old horse he is very tame leads and rides i ...read more

Story submitted by Leilani Horse Rescue  February 2017 we attended the local auction. As we looked at the horses awaiting their fate, a young (boy) auction worker came up to us and said, " If you are going to save one please save this one, he is really cool, the owner had us ...read more

Story submitted by Rory Ridge Rescue  Our rescue would like to introduce you to Biggie and Kate.  This is a twofold story as Kate has been a volunteer for the rescue who works hard for the rescue. Our rescue had pulled Biggie from a Texas kill lot with little time left before he ...read more