Hanaeleh Horse Rescue and Advocacy

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

Santiago Canyon, CA: 21 y/o Appendix Mare Needs Home

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Hanaeleh helps to network horses who need homes free of charge. These horses are offered free to a good home, but an adoption agreement and contract are often suggested. Hanaeleh does not know anything beyond what is listed in the post- please contact the owner directly.  UPDATE: Ladybug has a home! Thank you to everyone who helped to network her! Ladybug is a bay 21 year-old Appendix (Thoroughbred/ Quarter Horse) mare.  She is about 16 hands. She was turned over to the local stable when … [Read more...]

Orange County, CA: Imported Selle Francais Gelding Needs Home!

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Hanaeleh helps to network horses who need homes free of charge. These horses are offered free to a good home, but an adoption agreement and contract are often suggested. Hanaeleh does not know anything beyond what is listed in the post- please contact the owner directly.  Gitan is an 18.1 hand, 23 y/o chestnut Selle Francais gelding, originally imported from France, comes with papers/passport.  When he was younger he was shown and when he got older he was used as a lesson horse. Unfortunately … [Read more...]

Huntington Beach, CA: Appy/POA Gelding Needs Home!

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Hanaeleh helps to network horses who need homes free of charge. These horses are offered free to a good home, but an adoption agreement and contract are often suggested. Hanaeleh does not know anything beyond what is listed in the post- please contact the owner directly.  Buddy is a 13-15 y/o Appaloosa/POA gelding.  He is about 14.3 hands. Buddy was donated to a therapeutic riding program last year when the owner lost her husband and could not afford him any longer. He has been trained in … [Read more...]

New Roof!

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One of our metal sheds that houses our saddles has been leaking for the past few years.  We've been putting tarps over the saddles when it rains, but we were lucky enough to have a new roof put on the shed this weekend! Lori's family (father, husband, brother-in-law and nephew) came out on Saturday and built a new frame and a new roof. A big thank you to them for spending their Saturday afternoon engineering the new roof on our shed! … [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...]