Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

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

Quixote *Helping*

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One of the many daily chores we have at Hanaeleh is cleaning up after the horses.  While this is currently the job of volunteers, we have been working with the concept of teaching the horses to clean up after themselves. Quixote is currently learning, but with mixed success, as is shown in this video: … [Read more...]

Hanaeleh at Swallow’s Day Parade: Special Report from Tamahome

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Hanaeleh participated in the Swallow's Day Parade Saturday morning. This marks the fifth year that Hanaeleh has been in the parade, and the horses and volunteers were awesome!  Thank you so much to all of those volunteers who came out and helped to carry the banner and wave to the adoring public! The Swallow's Day Parade marks the return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano (even though they don't really "return" there anymore- but hey, a tradition is a tradition). We had a special horse … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Ulysses

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Ulysses came to Hanaeleh from Riverside Animal Shelter. He was slated to be put down because he was neurological; he had been severely abused and his abusers had abandoned him in the riverbed to starve to death.  Ulysses was covered in scars across his body, with so much scar tissue on his legs he most likely had several bowed tendons.  He is unable to stand still on three feet (he loses his balance and moves forward), but with daily turnout he has kept his feet trimmed.  One of the … [Read more...]

The New Kitty at Hanaeleh

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Hanaeleh is currently home to four "feral" cats: Amy, Oscar, Rex and Rascal. The original thought behind having feral cats is that we would help provide a safe place for a cat who was not tame enough to live in a home, while at the same time the cats would keep the rodent population down.  This, of course, was before The Great Treaty of Nimh, which very clearly states that "No rat or mouse shall bother a cat, nor eat the food of a cat, nor in any other way antagonize a cat. In return, cats shall … [Read more...]

Ollie’s Sinus Infection

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A few weeks ago we noticed that Ollie had quite a bit of snot coming out of his nose- it was reminiscent of childhood snotty noses and pretty disgusting, to be honest. We wiped the area clean and contacted the vet, who said to put him on some antihistamines for a few days as several horses seemed to … [Read More...]

Venus’ New Shoes

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Last month we noticed that Venus was beginning to look a little tender-footed. We noticed an indication of an old abscess that had burst and some bruising on her feet. We assumed this was due to walking on the new gravel driveway, so we made sure not to let her walk on it. We also put some boots on … [Read More...]

Santa’s Special Visit to Hanaeleh’s Horses

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'Twas the Saturday before Xmas and that means we had our annual Hanaeleh holiday party for all of our volunteers and their families. Javier (our former caretaker who also has a great catering business!) made the yummy food for us, which was wonderful as always! The best part was being able to sit … [Read More...]