Meet the Sanctuary Saves

Thanks to Asteria, Tobiana escaped an overcrowded truck that was heading for slaughter.  She escaped with; NellBelle, Samson, Blessing, and Asteria  

Swayze is a small walking horse from a Texas kill pen recently rescued.  We're looking forward to getting to know him better.

Thor the smallest Belgian that we have, came from a kill pen in Texas. What he lacks in size he makes up for in personality as runs around like a bulldog, keeping all of the myriad of horses in line. The vet think he was experimented on due to his weird ski lesions that are isolated throughout his body.
 

Mico is a paint yearling.  The kill pen forgot to post him which took away his chance of exposure. They were going to put him on the slaughter truck anyway - making him a direct ship horse- but we got him.

Caspian came from a Texas kill pen. He and Mico stick together like glue ever since quarantine. 

Treasure is a paint gelding that was a family horse. They even road him to church.  He was  left at a kill pen in Texas., VERY skinny. Treasure is a sweet, sweet boy 

Downton is a teenaged mustang gelding that recently arrived to PDAS from a kill pen in Louisiana. 

Sara is a thoroughbred cross mare from a Louisiana kill pen . She arrived extremely skinny and shut down. Sara miscarried her baby in quarantine. She has made a huge physical transformation and has stopped hiding her self as much in her herd. Give her a little bit more time and I think she would blossom one on one with a person.

Prada is a mustang mare that recently arrived to PDAS.

Orchid  is a Broodmare  that no one wanted.  She had huge cuts on her legs and face that required immediate vet intervention and daily wound care from our team.

Charlotte is a Quarter Horse rescued from Arkansas.   Pippen was only 4wks old when their owner was going to send them to auction. We were able to get them before they went through auction   

Kaya is a Quarter horse mare rescued  from a kill pen in Texas. She was very scared when she arrived at quarantine. She would immediately start to sweat and shake if someone went into her stall. The herd has helped heal her and give her some trust back.

Bob is a mini donkey from Oklahoma kill pen. Just a cute little muffin with his second position feet

Ellie is a draft cross mare that was brought to a kill pen in Oklahoma in a big group. Every single one of her friends got a home and Ellie was being overlooked. We saw her. She is unhandled but the fear is dissipating making way for a super curious and personable mare.

Costa is a senior quarter horse at a kill pen in Louisiana. He was very skinny and shut down. Didn’t want to interact with people or horses. Now he has a group of friends and is starting to want human attention.

Arabelle is a 5yr old Belgian cross mare with a dislocated hip from a kill pen in Texas. She hid behind Pandora for a few months but loves a cookie and is starting to come up for attention. Her mobility has improved a lot.

Franny (14) was an owner surrender.  A very nice lady reached out to us to provide sanctuary for them. She had taken them out of a neglectful situation and done a great job getting weight back on them. She wasn’t able to provide a forever home for them but did the right thing reaching out for help. Franny was a broodmare and Joey was a stallion pasture ornament. He has been gelded and is doing being a good boy integrating in small groups as he had been kept isolated as a stallion. Franny was very upset and is starting to come into her own

Gem is a Tennessee walker x quarter horse mare from a kill pen auction in Louisiana. She was super fearful and very sick in quarantine (zoom in on nose). She attached herself to Saxten once they got to California. 

Saxten was VERY sick at the kill pen in Texas and spent a week in the hospital with influenza along with Dream and Reign.

Cheyenne is a Mustang mare from  a kill pen in Louisiana.

Figaro is an Amish driving pony. He was super skinny and was beat up at Texas kill pen.

Honor is a 26 year old mare who became the guardian/mother figure to Zahara and Huyana. She bosses around all the mustangs here and doesn't put up with any nonsense.

Magic is a Mustang mare from an Oklahoma kill pen. She is very bonded Takoda.

Takoda is a Mustang gelding from an Oklahoma kill pen.  He is very bonded to Magic.

Reina is a mare from a kill pen in Texas. We were going through the list of horses next set to be added to the slaughter truck and I saw her and kind of kept scrolling thinking she’s so cute she’s going to be snatched up and I don’t think she’s even on the list. Fast forward a few hours and between us and a few other rescues we had placed the entire shipping list or so we thought. I went back and double checked dates (horses are given an online profile for about a week to get a home before they ship to another awful kill pen across the US or to slaughter) and had to click on her because I’m a sucker for a bay mare and she was set to ship the next day. We scooped her up with the rest of our group and we are so glad we did. She is such a sweet girl. The kill pen had done a good job of hiding what bad shape she was in so when we finally saw her in person we were all shocked at how skinny she was. She is putting weight on nicely and getting sweeter and sweeter.

Radar & Echo are super bonded mustang geldings. They were in a big group of bay mustang geldings at a kill pen in Oklahoma. We were watching the group making sure everyone got a forever home and when it got down to the last three a rescue that is actually located very close to us got one so we got the remaining two. They got to quarantine and travel out to CA together. We gave them all time together once they arrived but when they were ready Durango (their buddy) went to his amazing home and radar and echo got introduced to one of our herds. They kept to themselves for a while moving as one throughout the pasture but now they have expanded their friendship circle and even get chatty with the staff.