Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

a non-profit horse rescue working with abandoned, neglected and abused horses. Stop horse slaughter NOW!

UPDATE: SAFE! Southern California: 8 yr old Thoroughbred Gelding Needs Home!

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UPDATE: Argento found a home with one of our supporters who adopted another horse from us! He will go to live in a big pasture with some other horse friends and enjoy arena and trail riding. We are very pleased that he will have a wonderful home! Thank you to everyone who shared his post! We were contacted by a woman who has been trying to find a home for her beautiful 17hh, 8 yr old (4/12/17) dappled grey Thoroughbred gelding, Argento (means silver). Argento raced when he was younger, and … [Read more...]

Help “Spirit” 9 y/o Buckskin Quarter Horse Gelding Find a New Home (Norco CA)

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We were contacted by one of our supporters who had rescued a nine year-old buckskin Quarter Horse gelding from auction. He was shut down at first, but she has done quite a bit of work with him on the ground and he is starting to come around and be more sociable. Sadly, Spirit has navicular, and while he is comfortable at liberty, he is not sound enough for riding. His owner has had financial difficulties and is no longer able to afford him, so she is looking for a good home for him. For more … [Read more...]

2 Kittens Looking for a Forever Home! (Trabuco Canyon CA)

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Hanaeleh works with multiple animal shelters in the area, and we have rescued several cats and even Darwin the tortoise from the Irvine Animal Shelter! A few weeks ago we were sent an urgent message about three little kittens who were only about 10 weeks old, but because they were unsocialized and a bit spicy, they had no public interest and were in danger of being euthanized. We were hoping another rescue group would be able to take them, but at the 11th hour when there didn't seem to be … [Read more...]

Sylmar, CA: 9 y/o Pony “Charlotte” Needs Home

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Hanaeleh was asked to help network Charlotte, a lovely 13-hand, 9 year-old chestnut pony. Charlotte is located in Sylmar, California, but was adopted out from a rescue in Arizona. The new adopter will be required to pay an adoption fee and sign an agreement with a first right-of-refusal with the adoption agency. Charlotte has 180 days of professional training, and has been used for walk/trot lessons for 1st and 3rd graders in a lesson program. Most of her riding has been in the arena or … [Read more...]

Farewell, Ulysses: A Life Well-Loved

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It is with the saddest of hearts that we have to announce the passing of our beloved boy, Ulysses. He was such a huge part of our lives for so long that it almost seems surreal to imagine a world without such an amazing soul. We rescued Ulysses in 2012 from the Riverside Animal Shelter- he had … [Read More...]

Darcy and Ollie: This Week’s Episode of “Neigh-bors”

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At the edge of Trabuco Canyon, nestled among the rolling hills and whispering oaks, there’s a little rescue called Hanaeleh where second chances live and hay disappears faster than a bag of chips at a sleepover. Meet Ollie - a spirited Irish Sport horse with the appetite of a linebacker and … [Read More...]

Checking in with Gabriel, a Rescue Story in Motion

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Gabriel is a little draft cross we rescued a few years ago- he had been purchased at an online auction in Louisiana and transported to California to be used as a therapeutic riding horse. He failed out of that program by just standing and refusing to walk during the riding sessions! He had a bit of … [Read More...]