We have many horses that need foster and permanent homes. Big and small, we have many needy horses. We have a waiting list of horses to come in. Some horses need a pasture and some love, others need training and others have trust issues. Please consider helping in some way so we can help more horses.

Top of Our Wish List
SaveTheHorses is looking for a large parcel of land, dreaming of 100+ acres within a few hours of Atlanta but we will consider any offers. We are in dire need of a Sanctuary to keep the many unadoptable horses so they can live out their lives in peace and comfort due to our economy and the numerous owner surrenders. If you can donate the land, the use of the land or offer owner financing, it will be appreciated for many years to come.

The land will be used to keep the horses safe forever. It will also become a place for children to learn about horses while they learn compassion, responsibility and life skills they will be able to use in their daily lives. It's a horse rescue facility but it has also become a people rescue as well. People come here and find inner peace with the help of the horses, a peace they did not know they were even looking for. Horse are the only domesticated animal we stand and look at directly in their eyes, those kind gentle equine eyes. They reflect what they see in us and we all learn from them everyday. Just ask any volunteer or visitor here at the farm.

We are growing and need more space. The high gas prices, high grain prices, the drought, the economy, it has all effected many voiceless animals including horses. Our waiting list of horses to come is growing every day. We are trying to help any horse in need and any horse owner in need. We can continue to do it only because of the generosity of all those people whose hearts the horses have touched.

Come and join the fun! Be part of SaveTheHorses! Grow with us.
We are a 501c3 non profit run by volunteers.

Making a Difference

What makes these individuals strive to make a difference in the world? Fame and fortune? Hardly—the organizations they founded or operate are called nonprofits for a reason.

Their talents and abilities? That certainly helps, but it’s not really motivation.

Perhaps it’s that each o­ne has a personal story behind the cause they want to further. And that they all share the belief that the world is much bigger than themselves.

Who knows? After turning the last page, perhaps you’ll even want to add a new chapter to your life, starting your own cause or jumping o­nboard o­ne of these!

Horse Rescue, Relief & Retirement Fund
Making Happy Trails
Every child, at o­ne point in his or her life, wants a pony. For those who actually get o­ne, it’s obviously a significant moment. It was for Cheryl Flanagan. While she didn’t get it until she was an adult (she actually bought the pony for her children), it was the first horse to which her life was directly harnessed. And it certainly wouldn’t be the last.

Soon after, the horse of a neighbor down the street routinely broke out and often wound up o­n Flanagan’s property. After witnessing the ways the horse’s owners tried to wrangle him back into compliance, she suggested a compassionate approach and eventually bought the horse from them.

“I soon became known as the person taking in animals,” Flanagan says. “I guess people thought I was a sucker.”

After further experiences of rescuing former race horses from slaughter by taking them in until finding new homes, a friend encouraged Flanagan to establish a nonprofit organization to support her efforts. Through that spurring, the Horse Rescue, Relief & Retirement Fund Inc. (HRRRFI) was established in 1998 to improve the quality of life for all horses through rescue and rehabilitation from abusive situations and facilitate the successful retirement of working horses.

In connection with HRRFI, the animal-lover Flanagan also started the Animal Rescue Fair at the Wills Park Equestrian Center in 1998, an annual event held each April that has united nearly 100 rescue groups and vendors across the Southeast and found new homes for more than 60 animals. She’s also lobbied in Washington, D.C. to give animals a voice and protect them from being unnecessarily slaughtered.

But to be certain, Flanagan cares very much for people too, initiating therapeutic programs to help abused women, troubled youth, and the physically and mentally handicapped through HRRRFI’s resident animals. “The way people treat and interact with animals often mirrors the way they treat and interact with other people, and horses can teach individuals about bettering their relationships— because it’s such a big animal, a horse needs to be talked into cooperating.” Flanagan explains. “Likewise, it’s therapeutic for people with disabilities to see and touch the different textures of animals, and walk around with them o­n the farm.”

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Matt Wilson Forsyth Living Magazine