Rescued, Re-homed and
Fire Emergency Evacuated Horses & Livestock
*Rescued Horses: These three horses, pictured above, were abandoned on vacant Tracy Hills property. There was a mare still nursing her four-month-old foal by her side, and soon, we discovered she also had a baby growing in her belly. She was extremely malnourished. The brown pony gelding was very protective of them but friendly. We brought them home, got them vet-checked, and brought the very emaciated pregnant mare back to a healthy maternal weight by supplementing her with vitamins, grain, vaccinations, and deworming. Her foal was born healthy, and after a year, we re-homed both young fillies and their mom. We kept the pony, named him Apple Jack, who is now one of our favorite trained Ag Ed ponies.
Adoption, Rehoming, and Rescue Horses
Over the years, we at VHS have adopted wonderful horses or ponies who needed to be re-homed from families who could no longer care for them due to expenses or lifestyle changes. We welcomed them into our horse family, further trained them for safety and obedience, and added them into our Ag Equine Education programming.
We have also been called upon to pick up other abandoned horses (some pictured above) and rehabilitate them back to good health while attempting to locate their owners and, failing that, re-homing them. On occasion, we have kept one or two of these *rescue horses, trained them, and integrated them into our Equine Education programming.
Fire Emergency Evacuated Horses & Livestock
In recent times, we have been called upon to house horses that needed to be evacuated from smoke and fire danger areas that have threatened the foothills and the northern mountain ranges. We have temporarily accommodated horses, donkeys, alpacas, chickens, dogs, and even humans!
