Author: Horse Plus Editor

Some of you may recognize Jim and Donna from Home at Last Sanctuary. They are a very wonderful couple who have been running a sanctuary for horses, and other animals, for quite a number of years and have given lifetime sanctuary to dozens of horses that we have rescued. Jim has written a book with […]

Tawnee and Jason, our founders and blog writers, did a favor for a friend for one of our followers a few weeks back who was moving.  They were moving all the way back to North Carolina.  They were really concerned about their animals arriving safely and asked Jason and Tawnee to transport their critters back […]

We would like to catch you up on what’s been happening with Sugar and share with you her amazing recovery. Sugar was surrendered to us with extremely long hooves and she was having a very hard time walking. Poor Sugar!  The neglect of her hooves had been ongoing for a very long time, leaving her […]

What do the phrases “open door,” “open admission,” “limited admission,” and “no-kill” mean? Horse Plus Humane Society is an open door —or open admission—humane society. This means that we will not turn away any animal that comes to our doors. Many of these animals are healthy, good natured horses, ponies, donkeys and other large animal […]

Our Oklahoma Satellite Shelter is not quite ready for horses, but that didn’t stop our rescuers from saving lives at an OK slaughter auction this week as our trailer was coming through from Tennessee and could bring some precious lives back to California!  This is our first Oklahoma auction rescue.  We were able to rescue […]

For years we have read about the horrors of the horse slaughter pipeline in Tennessee.  From slaughter trucks collapsing with horses inside, to the dumping of Amish buggy horses after they are used up.  Jason and Tawnee, who write our blog, headed back to Tennessee to see first hand what the situation is like for […]

We would like to introduce you to the 14 wild horses that came from the prison.  They are all settling in and getting used to the routine at the shelter.  Again we would like to thank everyone who donated to make rescuing these precious lives possible, saving them from being sold at a slaughter auction. […]

Tuesday morning the trailers were hooked up and ready for a big adventure that would take all day. The rescue rigs were driving to Nevada to rescue 14 horses who were in prison on death row. These horses were rounded by up the state of Nevada, not by the BLM.  They were then brought to […]

Theses 14 wild horses were rounded up by the state of Nevada and taken to a Nevada State Prison. Their crime? Being a wild horse – considered a nuisance by the state of Nevada.  This is a picture of part of the herd when they came down into a residential area and were considered a […]

Monday morning Dotty was filing an official complaint.  She was complaining that something was not fair and completely inappropriate… …Little Dee loves having his head held.  He discovered that Dottie’s back was the perfect height to hold his head while he relaxed.  Dottie’s complaint is that his head is just too heavy and she doesn’t […]