A few months ago, one of the horses we had adopted out about 10 years ago came back when his owner was unable to keep him due to medical and financial issues. Hershey had been at a retirement facility for a number of years, and as a result lost quite a bit of his muscletone. When we got him back, we weren't certain if he would be rideable at all, and our focus was just on getting some more weight on him and building back some of the muscle he had lost. We decided this week that, although … [Read more...]
Equine Advocacy: Hanaeleh’s Response to Criticism about Being “Political”
We live in an incredibly polarized time right now, and people's tempers get high when they feel that their personal moral beliefs are being challenged. Our goal at Hanaeleh is not to choose a political side, but to point out issues that affect animals- horses, specifically. Animal advocacy issues, however, are political in nature because of governmental institutions (Department of the Interior, BLM, etc.) or require laws (SAFE Act, PAST Act, etc.) to protect horses. It is impossible to … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Hope and Grace
Hanaeleh rescued Hope and Grace from a neglect situation earlier this year, and spent several months rehabilitating them. We were so happy that just a few months ago, they ended up finding a wonderful new home with an amazing couple! They were in an idyllic setting in Topanga Canyon and lived in a paddock with a gelding who immediately fell in love with Grace. Unfortunately, just a few weeks after we took them up to their new home, the fires whipped through the mountains near their home. Hope … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Brutus and Chance
This past year one of our board members adopted not one- but two(!!)- horses from Hanaeleh. The first horse she adopted is named Chance- he is a warmblood we had networked who could be lightly ridden, but could no longer be jumped. The other is our lovely Brutus, who had a very difficult life before he came to Hanaeleh at three. He was malnourished and had not been socialized or trained at all. To top things off, he was a stallion, and when Hanaeleh stepped in, was owned by a few teenagers who … [Read more...]
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