Gene Baur
E-mail: Info@CASanctuary.org
Website: http://casanctuary.org
Catskill Animal Sanctuary is a haven for horses and farm animals rescued from cruelty and neglect. In addition to emergency rescue, CAS provides innovative programs that educate the public about the sentience of farm animals, and the devastating impacts of agribusiness and institutionalized cruelty. Since it was established in 2001, CAS has rescued more than 2,000 animals, and has worked with law enforcement agencies to bring animal abusers to justice. Two books by the founder/director, Kathy Stevens, Where the Blind Horse Sings (2007) and Animal Camp (2010) relate the stories of individual animals at the sanctuary.
Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary
Post Office Box 1685
Green Valley, AZ 85622
(520) 398-2814
E-mail: karen@equinevoices.org
Website: http://www.equinevoices.org
Founded in 2004, Equine Voices works to enlighten the public about the horrors of the Premarin drug (hormone-replacement therapy) industry and horse slaughter, and is dedicated to saving Premarin (PMU) mares and foals from slaughter. The sanctuary also rescues horses used to transport illegal drugs from Mexico and abandoned in the desert to starve. The sanctuary is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. As of 2013, Equine Voices is providing care for 75 horses.
Front Range Equine Rescue
Post Office Box 307,
Larkspur, CO 80118
E-mail: See message form on website.
Website: http://www.frontrangeequinerescue.org
Founded in 1997 by Hilary Wood, Front Range Equine Rescue rescues horses from auctions, kill lots, animal-control impound, abandonment cases, and owner surrender. The sanctuary’s offers a number of annual events including an Equine Education Awareness Day held each May. Annual clinics and seminars are conducted to educate horse enthusiasts on a variety of horse-care topics and horse-related issues. Front Range is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.
Horse Harbor Foundation
Post Office Box 3068
Silverdale, WA 98383
(360) 692-2851
E-mail: harmonyhorses@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.horseharbor.org
Horse Harbor Foundation, established by Allen Warren in 1994, is a permanent home and sanctuary for abandoned, neglected, and abused horses, or those facing premature euthanasia or shipping to auction for slaughter. The members of its resident herd number from 25 to 30 horses. Horse Harbor does not offer horses for adoption. Staffed entirely by volunteers, it rehabilitates neglected, abused, or otherwise mistreated horses. Elderly and unsound horses are retired to pasture. The Foundation offers an education program that emphasizes the training of competent future horse owners and equine therapy classes for children with developmental disorders. The foundation is actively involved in horse-protection issues and community outreach and also intervenes in situations of horse endangerment. Horse Harbor is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.
Last Chance Corral
5350 US Highway 33
Athens, OH 45701
(740) 594-4336
E-mail: See message form on website.
Website: http://www.lastchancecorral.org
Founded by Victoria Goss in 1986, Last Chance Corral accepts any type of horse but operates two core programs: the Thoroughbred Donation/Adoption Program, which rescues 20 to 40 Thoroughbreds annually, and the Nurse-Mare Foal Rescue Project that has saved many hundreds of orphaned slaughter-bound foals by means of immediate round-the-clock care and adoption services. The facility includes an intensive care barn and a recovery barn.
LOPE Texas
1551 Highway 21 West,
Cedar Creek, TX 78612
(512) 565-1824
E-mail: See message form on website.
Website: http://www.lopetx.org
LOPE partners with the Texas racing industry to help find racehorses new homes in two ways: by listing trainers’ horses available at the major Texas racetracks and by placing former racehorses donated to the LOPE Ranch facility in suitable adoptive homes. LOPE offers rest and rehabilitation to injured horses, and for some, begins the retraining process for the horse’s new vocation. Lynn Reardon, the founder/director of LOPE, is the author of Beyond the Homestretch: What I’ve Learned from Saving Racehorses (2009).
Lucky Horse Equine Rescue
185 Century Mill Road,
Bolton, MA 01740
(978) 293-6153
E-mail: LuckyHorseEquineRescue@gmail.com
Website: http://www.LuckyHorse.org
Lucky Horse Equine Rescue works to protect unwanted, abandoned, neglected, and slaughter-bound horses by saving, caring for, and rehabilitating them and placing them in compatible adoptive homes. The facility places special emphasis on saving and finding homes for orphaned nurse-mare foals. The sanctuary relies upon some 200 active volunteers who providie either hands-on stable help or computer work.
Nokota Horse Conservancy
208 NW 1st Street,
Linton, ND 58552
(701) 254-4205
E-mail: info@nokotahorse.org
Website: http://www.nokotahorse.org
The Nokota Horse Conservancy was established in 1999 to preserve the unique and historically important Nokota horse. These wild horses of the northern plains inhabited the Little Missouri badlands for more than a century. They were removed by the National Park Service and sold during the 1980s and 1990s. The great majority of the remaining Nokota horses, about 400 in number, now survive on the overburdened Kuntz Ranch. The Nokota Horse Conservancy seeks to preserve these horses by caring for them, promoting awareness of their plight and their value, and by working to establish a sanctuary within North Dakota where they are ensured a place to survive in a natural setting with minimal management.
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue
National Operations Center
Post Office Box 216
Miles, TX 76861
E-mail: See message form on website.
Website: https://donkeyrescue.org
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue works to provide a safe and loving environment to donkeys who have been abused, neglected, or who are under threat of slaughter or starvation. The organization operates a nationwide network of ranch facilities and satellite adoption centers. It’s founder/director, Mark S. Meyers is the author of Talking with Donkeys-Saving Them All (2008).
Save Your Ass Long Ear Rescue
Broomtail Farm,
23 Saw Mill Road,
South Acworth, NH 03607
(603) 835-2971
E-mail: awfirestone@gmail.com
Website: http://www.saveyourassrescue.org
Save Your Ass Long Ear Rescue, incorporated in 2007, is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and placement in responsible, caring adoptive homes of donkeys and mules in need. By providing educational opportunities that increase awareness of the human/animal bond as well as the specific needs of long ears, SYA works to improve the lives of all donkeys and mules.
The Equine Sanctuary
1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 485
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
(805) 453-4567
E-mail: info@theequinesanctuary.org
Website: http://www.theequinesanctuary.org
Founded in 2001 by Alexis Ells, The Equine Sanctuary specializes in the care of professional performance horses who have been injured and most of whom are unsuitable for placement with nonprofessional equestrians. The sanctuary offers full-spectrum complementary and allopathic care, including acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, and corrective shoeing. After rehabilitation, rescued horses are re-schooled in ground manners and basic dressage and most are placed in suitable homes. Others remain at the sanctuary working in educational and therapeutic programs with children, adults, veterans, and the disabled.
Many other worthy equine rescue facilities operate in the United States that could not be described in detail in Horse Sanctuary. Three outstanding ones are:
Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals
279 River Road,
South Windham, ME 04082
(207) 892-3040
E-mail: info@msspa.org
Website: https://www.msspa.org
The MSSPA is New England’s largest equine rescue and rehabilitation facility. Originally formed in 1872 to protect the horses who pulled Portland’s streetcars, the Society now provides around-the-clock on-site staffing, has 24-hour access to veterinary services, and maintains nearly one hundred equines on its farm facilities. Animals who have been seized by Maine’s law-enforcement officials and placed by court order with the Society, provided the animals are not suffering, are kept for the entirety of their lives or placed in qualified adoptive homes.
Montana Horse Sanctuary
Post Office Box 10
Simms, MT 59477
(406) 264-5300
E-mail: info@montanahorsesanctuary.org
Website: http://www.montanahorsesanctuary.org
The Montana Horse Sanctuary, located on a 1,200-acre ranch in western Montana, was established in 2004 to improve the lives of horses in crisis by providing them with shelter and rehabilitation and with placement in qualified adoptive homes. Those horses who are not candidates for placement live out their lives at the sanctuary. The sanctuary provides a wide array of educational opportunities and workshops for horse owners and helps owners in crisis with hay and euthanasia grants.
Old Friends
1841 Paynes Depot Road
Georgetown, KY 40324
(502) 863-1775
E-mail: contact@oldfriendsequine.com
Website: http://www.oldfriendsequine.org
Old Friends brings racehorses whose racing and breeding careers have come to an end to its farm near Lexington to provide them with a dignified retirement. The farm is open to the public for tours. By promoting these one-time celebrated horses through a campaign of education and tourism, it draws attention to all retired Thoroughbreds and all equines in need. Currently, the farm is the only Thoroughbred rescue/retirement facility that accepts stallions.
Four other exceptional animal sanctuaries that Karen has photographed:
Farm Sanctuary: http://www.farmsanctuary.org
Oregon Primate Rescue: http://oregonprimaterescue.com
The Raptor Trust: http://theraptortrust.org
Wolf Conservation Center: http://nywolf.org