Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

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

Interview with the Animal Rescue Site

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The Animal Rescue Site contacted us this month and asked if we could share the work we do at Hanaeleh, and asked if we would like to feature one of our horses. Of course, Elizabeth said yes! During the interview, Elizabeth was asked what horse was the epitome of our rescues, and whose rescue stood out. Ulysses' rescue and rehabilitation immediately came to mind, because his story really shows what rescue is- it is not flipping horses and only focusing on those horses who can be adopted out; … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Ulysses’ Infection in His Leg

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Three weeks ago we received a frantic call from Javier, our caretaker, who feeds the horses in the mornings. He said that Ulysses was lying down and was having difficulty getting up. He said that Ulysses looked very weak in his back end, and from his description over the phone, we were concerned that Ulysses was having a neurological episode (due to the abuse he endured before we rescued him, he is neurological) and that we would have to immediately help him cross the rainbow bridge. We … [Read more...]

Update 2022: Ulysses

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It seems like only yesterday that we brought Ulysses home from the Riverside Animal Shelter. Can you believe that this June will be Ulysses' 10th anniversary of being rescued? He is truly a miracle horse. Ulysses had been horribly abused by Charros, only to be dumped in the Riverside CA riverbed, then picked up by Animal Control, only to be slated to be put down the following day. We weren't even at the shelter to pick him up- we were there to pick up a 16 year-old Thoroughbred (who oddly … [Read more...]

Update: Ulysses (August, 2020)

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Ulysses is an Appendix gelding and he came to Hanaeleh a little over eight years ago! Time flies when you're rehabbing horses! We rescued him from the Riverside shelter on July 21st in 2012. He was scheduled to be put down two days later because he was diagnosed as being neurological. In addition, he was emaciated and it was obvious that he had been severely abused- there were scars and wounds all over his body. It took a long time for Ulysses to learn to trust people again, but now he is the … [Read more...]

Orange County: 3 y/o Male Nebelung Kitty Needs Home!

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We rescued a three year-old neutered male kitty this weekend from the animal shelter. They called us and thought that he might be a good fit as a ranch cat, but we quickly realized he's much too tame and would not be a good fit to live at the ranch. He really loves being petted, but can get … [Read More...]

Gabriel Returns to Hanaeleh

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Last year we took in Gabriel, a cute little horse we were told was a Friesian cross. He's pretty small for a Friesian, but he's very cute, and has a lovely emo-type mane and tail! Gabriel was adopted out last year, but his owner contacted us this month and said that Gabriel was having issues … [Read More...]

Driveway and Stall Rehaul and Repair

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This past week was very busy out at the ranch! In addition to everything being very hot and dry, we did a LOT of physical labor getting the ranch ready for winter! Driveway Project The owner of the property helped us improve the driveway last week by first smoothing out all of the ruts with his … [Read More...]