United States

Sanctuaries
(If one is close to you give them a call they probably have adoptions or fosters from time to time or know of one.)


Amazing Grace Equine Sanctuary - Hartford, WI (new!)
Animal Angels (US & Canada)
Best Friends Animal Society - Kanab, Utah
Bethlehem Farm & the Center for Women in Racing - Paris, KY
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary - They have a virtual tour!

Circle P Sanctuary - Marengo, OH
Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch

Dream Catcher Farm Horse Sanctuary
EQUIREST Farms - Tiffin, OH - Homes for aged & needy equines
United in Light (Draft Horse Sanctuary) - Livingston, MT

Equine Advocates - Promoting the Humane Treatment of Horses
Equus Sanctuary and DreamCatcher Wild Horse & Burro

FRIENDS, Inc - EIA Horse Sanctuary

GEVA - Equine Retirement Home for Injured, Retired or Abused Horses- Glen Ellen, CA
Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc. - adoption program for abused, abandoned, and neglected farm animals such as horses, ponies, pot belly pigs, farm pigs, chickens, ducks, turkeys, sheep, goats, and cattle. Happy Trails serves the entire state of Ohio.

Horse Play Equine Rescue & Sanctuary - Exeter, RI

Horse Protection Society of North Carolina
Horse Savers (Sanctuary dedicated to protection of horses and the environment along with youth education - How cool is that?)
International Society of the Protection of Wild Horses and Burros (ISPMB) - Eagle Butte, SD


Montana Large Animal Sanctuary & Rescue - Hot Spring, MT
Morning Starr Animal Sanctuary - Cornville, AZ
New Dawn Livestock Rescue & Sanctuary - Tonopah, AZ


Old Friends - Georgetown, KY (Retirement & Rescue)
Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, Mena, AK (Publishers of Horses of Proud Spirt!)

Jack Auchterlonie Memorial Equine Sanctuary (JAMES) - Twentynine Palms, CA
Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Carmel, CA

Swan Center Outreach Inc. - Silverthorne, CO


Retirement Home for Horses - Mill Creek Farm - Alachua, Florida
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary - Lompoc, CA
Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines - Pottstown, PA


Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary - Maricopa County, AZ
Willow Pond Ranch Foundation - Soquel,CA

Animal Rights & Humane Organizations

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals - The ASPCA was founded in 1866 as the first humane organization in the Western Hemisphere. The Society was formed to alleviate the injustices animals faced then, and we continue to battle cruelty today. Whether it’s saving a pet who has been accidentally poisoned, fighting to pass humane laws, rescuing animals from abuse or sharing resources with shelters across the country, we work toward the day in which no animal will live in pain or fear.

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Since its founding in 1951 the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has sought to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by people. In the organization’s early years our particular emphasis was on the desperate needs of animals used for experimentation. In the decades that followed we expanded the scope of our work to address many other areas of animal suffering.

ASOCIACIONES PROTECTORAS DE ANIMALES DE MÉXICO - El primer objetivo en torno al cual se han reunido las 60 asociaciones que a la fecha conforman APASDEM es el de buscar una solución al terrible problema de la crueldad en los así llamados “centros antirrábicos”.

The Humane Society of the United StatesThe Humane Society of the United States - The mission of The HSUS is to create a humane and sustainable world for all animals—a world that will also benefit people. We seek to forge a lasting and comprehensive change in human consciousness of and behavior toward all animals in order to prevent animal cruelty, exploitation, and neglect, and to protect wild habitats and the entire community of life.


In Defense of Animals In Defense of Animals - In Defense of Animals is an international animal protection organization dedicated to ending the exploitation and abuse of animals by raising the status of animals beyond that of mere property, and by defending their rights, welfare and habitat. IDA’s efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi and Cameroon, Africa.

The National Humane Education Society - provides humane education, rescue and relief assistance for animals, as well as screened adoption services. Through the Humane Education Department, we provide educational presentations to all ages and information services to members as well as to the general public.

Society for Animal Protective Legislation - the first non-profit organization formed in the United States specifically dedicated to the passage and promotion of federal, international and local legislation to ensure and protect animal welfare.

Reciprocal Links

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