who need urgent help, like severe starvation cases, but many of our horses were lovingly surrendered to prevent them from ending up in the wrong hands,” Anouk said.
“We pride ourselves in following up on each horse for life."
"People lose their jobs, get divorced, etc. and sometimes horses need to come back. We’ve been successful in rehoming most.”
Through their contract, HRU requires their adopters to send photos every three months and have their veterinarian submit an evaluation for once a year. In-person home checks are sometimes needed. “We are their safety net, but thankfully most horses end up in the most wonderful adoptive homes who love to share photos and updated with us, before we ever need to ask,” Diane added.
As of January 2018, HRU has 11 horses under their care, mainly Standardbreds. “We have mostly senior horses, which makes it harder to find homes, and some aren’t rideable or drivable for medical reasons,” Anouk added.
HRU is entirely run by a small group of unpaid volunteers. “We always need more help,” Diana added. “Volunteers who can feed and care for horses in Howell, NJ are constantly needed, but there are a number of remote/online responsibilities available, anything from fundraising, to promoting adoptable horses, to helping to run our online benefit auctions.”
Anouk added, “Our supporters appreciate that we often post pictures or videos of HRU horses in their adoptive homes. After all, without supporters, there would be no HRU. We understand that our supporters develop an emotional bond with our horses and they deserve to follow up on them, just like we do.”
HRU is most grateful to their adopters and volunteers. Anouk said, “We have dedicated people helping us with feeding, farm chores and grooming. Each volunteer strives to show HRU horses the best they could have, until they find their own adoptive homes. Until then, each horse is home at HRU.”
For more information on Horse Rescue United and how you can help them please visit http://www.horserescueunited.org/. You can follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/horserescueunited.
and updated with us, before we ever need to ask,” Diane added.
As of January 2018, HRU has 11 horses under their care, mainly Standardbreds. “We have mostly senior horses, which makes it harder to find homes, and some aren’t rideable or drivable for medical reasons,” Anouk added.
HRU is entirely run by a small group of unpaid volunteers. “We always need more help,” Diana added. “Volunteers who can feed and care for horses in Howell, NJ are constantly needed, but there are a number of remote/online responsibilities available, anything from fundraising, to promoting adoptable horses, to helping to run our online benefit auctions.”
Anouk added, “Our supporters appreciate that we often post pictures or videos of HRU horses in their adoptive homes. After all, without supporters, there would be no HRU. We understand that our supporters develop an emotional bond with our horses and they deserve to follow up on them, just like we do.”
HRU is most grateful to their adopters and volunteers. Anouk said, “We have dedicated people helping us with feeding, farm chores and grooming. Each volunteer strives to show HRU horses the best they could have, until they find their own adoptive homes. Until then, each horse is home at HRU.”
For more information on Horse Rescue United and how you can help them please visit http://www.horserescueunited.org/. You can follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/horserescueunited.
© Rein Photography
© Rein Photography
Congo, left, is an 18+ hand Percheron who is fully blind. In the photo above he leans into pasturemate and "seeing eye horse" Kaline. The pair are inseparable friends.
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