Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

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

UPDATE: SAFE! San Diego, CA: 21 y/o Palomino QH Needs Home

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8/14/23- We received several inquiries from people who were willing to take this gorgeous boy! The owner believes that he has plenty of good leads and Felix will go to a good home. Thank you to everyone who helped to network him! Felix is a 21 year-old Palomino Quarter horse, around 16 hands. He's a big boy, around 1300 pounds. He's very beautiful and in good weight. He is a very sweet horse, easy to work with on the ground, and is good with the owner's daughters. Felix was given to the … [Read more...]

Bella: From Kill Pen to Loving Home

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Note: Before you read this, please know that there is a happy ending to this story. We promise. Rescuing Bella Earlier this year Hanaeleh facilitated the rescue of two horses out of a kill pen in Texas. This was one of many feedlots where the kill buyers send the horses right before they are sent across the border to Mexico for slaughter. There are kill pens across the northern US border as well. Kill buyers will purchase horses that do not sell, or sell for very little, at auction. From … [Read more...]

Thank you to Western Welding!

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Last week LadyBug and Gypsy decided to get into a tiff, and the resulting casualty was a support pole for their shelters. The pole sheared off completely at the welded area, which unfortunately is typical for some of the pipes we bought during Covid. It doesn't help that ridiculous mares have large stalls but feel it necessary to stand right next to each other and be jerks to one another (we all remember junior high, right?). We called Joey Stewart from Western Welding, who has helped us … [Read more...]

Trabuco Canyon, CA: Looking for ATV Mobile Mechanic

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We love our little Yamaha Rhino ATV. It helps us carry shavings, hay, hay pellets, and the horses' daily grain. We desperately need it serviced, and it needs new brakes! We had a mobile mechanic who had been coming out to the ranch to repair it, but he moved, and we haven't found anyone local who can help us. If you know of a mobile mechanic we can hire to work on our ATV, we would greatly appreciate it! We are located in Trabuco Canyon, in south Orange County, CA. The ATV is a 2007 Yamaha … [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...]