Dear Supporter, As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, I am grateful for the support and kindness from supporters like you. As you get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, what are you thankful for this year? As the founder of Horse Plus Humane Society, I am grateful for compassionate supporters like you! Your generous support has […]
Tag: 2014
The need is huge across the nation!
NBC 4 out of Ohio did a great investigative story about how Ohio is supplying a large number of horses to the slaughter pipeline. The auctioneer openly admits that most of the horses sold at his auction are shipped to slaughter. When we were in Tennessee we saw large slaughter trucks like the one in […]
Just a reminder to our followers, the shelter is closed on rainy days
Winter seems to be coming early to the shelter. We have had some much needed rain that has greened up the pastures at the shelter. Just a reminder to our followers, the shelter is closed on rainy days. One of our roosters at the shelter likes to hang out at the office and is friends […]
Home at Last: Stories From a Sanctuary
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 […]
6 animals were saved at the Tennessee auction!
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 […]
Sugar Update – Long Hoofed Mini
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 […]
Horse Plus Humane Society is an Open Door Shelter
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 […]
Oklahoma Auction Rescue
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 […]
Horrors of the horse slaughter pipeline in Tennessee
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 […]
Introducing the 14 wild horses that came from the prison
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. […]