Rescuing horses at risk of entering the slaughter pipeline and adopting them into loving homes

Too many horses are at risk of being shipped to slaughter, either to Mexico or Canada. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Horses deserve to be rescued and given the chance to find a new forever home. We’ve been making that happen since 2018, either by rescuing horses at auction or through our new buy out program.

We started our buy out program in 2024 and it has been tremendously successful. Even more importantly, it is so much better for the horses to come to our rescue through our buy out program than the auction. Auctions are loud, full of strange sounds, smells and unfamiliar animals, so it is a very stressful experience for horses. Even worse, auctions are so often full of disease, which is especially risky for young foals whose immune systems aren’t fully developed. Our buy out program means these horses can bypass the auction and come directly to our rescue.

While we will still go to auctions when we are able, we will be taking in horses through our buy out program whenever we have the opportunity. We are well known by the horse traders in our area. They do reach out to us as even they would prefer to take advantage of our buy out program instead of taking their horses to auction. The more we can say “yes” to these requests, the better for the horses and the more horses we can save.

As of August 2024 we have saved more than 700 horses since we began in 2018. Together we can and are making a difference.