Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

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

Garnet’s Surgery- Day One

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Today we drove Garnet up to the hospital in preparation for her surgery Friday morning. It was thankfully much cooler than it has been over the past few days, which made the trip nicer for her. Garnet was not interested in getting into the trailer, but we had a short discussion and she walked right in after a few minutes. Thankfully the trip to the hospital was relatively short and she did well on the ride over. When we arrived at the hospital, the surgeon and his team took over and … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Garnet Needs Life-Saving Surgery

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Garnet was rescued in August (just last month) and came to Hanaeleh with the diagnosis of COPD. Her owner was unfortunately moving out of state, and the vet felt that a long trip would be too stressful for her current lung condition. Although her owner had her on steroids, when Garnet came to Hanaeleh, we had the vet out to see whether there was anything else we could do for her. For the past several weeks we have had Garnet on a stronger steroid and antihistamine to see if her breathing would … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Garnet, August 2021

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It's been a few weeks since Garnet came to Hanaeleh, but her breathing was so bad when she came that we had the vet out to see if there was anything else we could do to help keep her comfortable. Her previous owner's vet had prescribed some medication to administer once a week, but we were hopeful that perhaps there was something else we could do. The vet came out and assessed Garnet- she confirmed that it sounds like she has COPD, as there's not much air movement in her lungs, but she was … [Read more...]

Riverside, CA: 9 y/o Thoroughbred Gelding Needs Home

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Danny Boy is a 9 year-old, 16.3-hand bay Thoroughbred who needs a home! He is an off-the-track-Thoroughbred (OTTB). His registered name is El Huerfano, which means "The Orphan," because he was an orphaned foal. He is actually a great-grandson of Seattle Slew! (Which means he is related to our lovely Ruby.) He had 53 starts, with 9 wins. You can see his racing history HERE. You can view his pedigree HERE. He was only retired from racing about six months ago. His owner adopted him from the … [Read more...]

A Farewell to Magellan, Our Beloved Sheep

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Magellan the Sheep We are so very sorry to announce the passing of Magellan, one of our Babydoll sheep. Magellan was about 15 years old and was having difficulty moving around due to arthritis. We first noticed that he was having issues last year, and the vet came out and prescribed him some pain … [Read More...]