Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

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

UPDATE: SAFE! Orange County, CA: 8 y/o Palomino Gelding “Jack” Needs a Home

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12/8/23- UPDATE- We have received word that Jack is going to a new home in Texas, with a woman who works with an equine medical clinic, so Jack will get all of the medical attention he needs to manage his navicular symptoms! Thank you to everyone who helped to network this beautiful boy! Jack is a very well-bred Palomino gelding who needs a home. He has excellent training and ground manners. He developed navicular and the previous owners dumped him at an auction, where the current owner … [Read more...]

Hanaeleh’s Horses Get Microchips!

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One of the things we do in preparation for fire season is microchipping all of our horses. While microchips are excellent for helping to identify horses who have been stolen, horses who are at an auction, they are also helpful in declaring ownership, especially during a natural disaster. Microchipping for safety We saw during Katrina that one of the issues that came up time and again were people who were looking for their horses, but even with a picture, the fact is that many horses look the … [Read more...]

UPDATED: SAFE! San Diego, CA: 25 y/o Paint Gelding Needs Home

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UPDATE 11-13-23- We received word that Arroyo found a forever home! He will live out the rest of his life with a small herd of other rescued horses. Thank you to everyone who helped share him! Help Arroyo find a home. We were contacted by a woman who helped to rescue a horse who had been neglected. Arroyo is a paint gelding, probably in his mid-20s. He had been a mounted patrol horse when he was younger, and then was used as a lesson horse for kids. Unfortunately he developed a … [Read more...]

Advocates Make Headway in Wild Horse Debate

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Recently Scott Beckstead, Program Director at The Wild Beauty Foundation, animal rights attorney and wild horse expert, debated Nevada's State Senator Ira Hansen (R) about America's wild horse management issues. As is often the case with those who are on the "other" side of the wild horse advocacy, Hansen argued without any actual facts, stating that wild horses are the cause of the destruction of public lands, that their population is "out of control," and that the millions of dollars that … [Read more...]

Siegfried and Joy

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Hanaeleh strives to focus on putting positive energy out into the world; we concentrate on the good we are doing and what we can do to improve the lives of the horses we save. When we see other groups also putting out positive energy and vibes into the universe, we love supporting their … [Read More...]

Venus’s Road to Recovery: A Heartwarming Update

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Venus is a very sweet Rocky Mountain Horse we rescued from a "rescue" in Summer 2018. Venus' left eye was cloudy due to several wooden splinters that had she had gotten in them while turned out in the "rescue's" rickety paddocks. No one had been checking on her so, over time, the slivers worked … [Read More...]

Riverside, CA: Two Arabian Horses Need Homes

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We received a call from a woman who has two Arabians who need homes. She is no longer able to ride due to age/health issues and is planning on moving out of state and cannot take them with her. (photos below) Fancy- 15-16 y/o Mare Fancy is an Arabian mare. She has not been ridden consistently for … [Read More...]