Baltimore Horse Country's
Emergency Preparation
Horse Rescue and Horse Welfare

If you wish to help protect horses, and help rescued horses, we recommend that you find and visit your local horse rescue organization. Your donation of time, money, feed and supplies to an organization you are familiar with can go a lot further than sending your money to a national organization that spends most of its money on executive salaries and fund-raising, and little or none on direct care for unwanted, neglected and abused horses.

Before donating anything to an organization, you should ask for a financial statement to find out where the money goes. Also ask for proof of non-profit status. Your donation is not tax-deductible without it. The organization is required to show written proof of status (i.e. letter of determination) from the IRS. If they refuse to do so after claiming to be non-profit, they can be prosecuted. Remember that an organization can be non-profit but not necessarily tax-exempt. A tax-exempt organization will be 501(c)(3), or possibly another 501 variation. All this must be provable in writing on official documents from the IRS.

• Filling Out Your 501(c)(3) Application completing the IRS application for exempt status

• GuideStar search for non-profit status and financial statements online

• IRS search for charity and non-profit status

• Maryland Charitable Organizations Division information & forms to register as a charity

• Search the Maryland Charities Database lists charitable organizations by state

• Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue in Glenville, Pennsylvania

• American Horse Defense Fund advocates for protection and humane treatment of equids

• Americans for Medical Progress their take on the animal rights controversy

• Another Chance 4 Horses in Bernville, Pennsylvania

• Appalachian Horse Help and Rescue in Linden, PA

• Aziizi Foundation in Stuart Florida

• BLM National Wild Horse and Burro Program adoption, events & more

• Blue Horse Charities for TBs no longer suitable for breeding or racing

• California Equine Retirement Foundation for former race and performance horses

• CANTER thoroughbred ex-racehorses, in MI, OH, IL, New England, Mid Atlantic and PA

• Carpe Diem Equine Rescue in New Jersey, rescues horses in the Northeast

• Celtic Rein Equine Rescue & Sanctuary quarter horse rescue in Bel Air, MD

• Charles Hickey School horses for adoption in Baltimore, Maryland

• Colorado Horse Rescue

• Cyberfoal 2000 free service to to help orphan foals w/nurse mares and colostrum

• Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Lisbon, Maryland

• Diamonds In the Rough Horse Rescue in Livermore, CA

• Disaster Action Guidelines For Horse Owners from the Maryland Horse Industry Board

• Dream Catcher Farm Horse Sanctuary in Rocky Mount, Virginia

• Equine Charities links from the Mining Company

• Equine Protection Network in Friedensburg, PA

• Equine Rescue articles, information, list of rescues by state

• Equine Rescue preparing for, rescuing your horse in the event of a calamity

• Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation in Parkton, Maryland

• Equine Rescue League in Leesburg, VA

• Equine Rescue Mailing List plus rescue links by state and more

• Equine Rescue Net information for people interested in starting an equine rescue

• Equine Rescue Network a repository of information of use in equine rescue

• Equine Rescue News & Resources for everyone interested in horse rescue

• Equine Rescue Resource information on a wide variety of related subjects

• Equus Sanctuary in Glendale, CA

• Freedom Hill Horse Rescue in Owings, MD

• Friends of Horses in Greenwood Village, CO

• Friends of Sound Horses information about the humane care and treatment of gaited horses

• Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue in Woodbine, MD

• Georgia Equine Rescue League

• H.O.R.S.E. Rescue and Sanctuary in western New York

• H.P. Precision Rebuilding Center in Allentown, NJ

• Hidden Haven Farm Equine Sanctuary and Education Center in Bowie, MD

• Higher Dreams for Horses and Children at Rushing Winds Farm in Frederick, MD

• Homes for Horses Coalition information about horse rescue and protection

• Hooved Animal Humane Society

• Horse Lovers United in Salisbury, Maryland

• Horse Protection Act trainers disqualified for abusing horses, more

• Horse Rescue Brigade mailing list about auctions and horses for adoption

• Horse Rescue, Relief & Retirement Fund in Cumming, Georgia

• Horse Welfare Organizations listed by state; other rescue resources

• HorseNet Horse Rescue in Mount Airy and New Windsor, Maryland

• IceHorse Rescue Icelandic rescue, mailing list, more

• Indiana Horse Rescue in Frankfort, IN

• Knick O' Time Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation in Longmont, Colorado

• Large Animal Protection Society in West Grove, Pennsylvania

• Large Animal Rescue Company conducts group training classes

• Last Chance Ranch in Quakertown, Pennsylvania

• Laughing Horse Sanctuary in Sandy Level, Virginia

• Life is for Everything Foundation (LIFE) information about rescue, rehab and adoption

• Lone Star Equine Rescue/ Habitat for Horses in Haslet, Texas

• Lost & Found Horse Rescue in York, Pennsylvania

• Maryland Emergency Management Agency information about disaster preparedness

• Maryland Emergency Information emergency alert mailing list, boarding facilities in MD

• MidAtlantic Horse Rescue rescues thoroughbred ex-racehorses in Chesapeake City, MD

• Mylestone Equine Rescue in North Caldwell, NJ

• National Equine Disaster Relief listings of temporary shelters by state

• New Life Equine Rescue in Taneytown, Maryland

• New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program in Ohio

• New York Horse Rescue provides for retired race horses

• NorCal Equine Rescue in Northern California

• North American Equine Ranching Information Council their side of the Premarin (PMU) controversy

• Pheasant Hill Equine Rescue Foundation in Adamstown, MD

• PMU Rescue directory of adoptable foals and mares from the Pregnant Mare Urine (PMU) industry

• PRCA Animal Welfare how the PRCA protects rodeo horses

• Racehorse Outplacement Assistance Network for folks seeking an equine companion

• Ranger Foundation retirement home for horses in Keedysville, Maryland

• ReRun second chance for ex-racehorses in MD, KY, NJ, NY, VA, IL, AR & WA

• Rescue and Shelter Sites from Horsearama

• Rescue Fundraising Ideas discussion group to share fundraising information

• Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue in Hardy, Virginia

• Rocky Mountain Foal Rescue in Colorado Springs, CO

• Royal Equine Rescue & Sanctuary in Bel Air, Maryland

• Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines in Pottstown, Pennsylvania

• Save Horses a "no kill" facility in Lodi, California

• Second Wind adoption program in West Union, WV

• South Florida Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Miami Lakes, FL

• Standardbred Rescue information about adoption agencies

• Standardbred Retirement Foundation in Freehold, New Jersey

• Sugarloaf Horse Rescue in Boyds, Maryland; serving areas within 150 miles

• SummerWinds Stables in Hartly, DE and Warwick, MD

• Takhs foundation for the preservation and protection of the Przewalski horse

• The Equihab Foundation in North East, MD

• Thoroughbred Charities of America helping thoroughbreds before & after their careers

• Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has facilities in MD, VA, NY, KY, FL and NJ

• Tranquility Farm Equestrian Education and Renewal Center in Thurmont, MD

• Traveller's Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary focusing on senior horses in Spotsylvania, VA

• Tri State Equine Adoption & Rescue in Hartly, Delaware

• United Animal Nations Emergency Animal Rescue Service, more

• United Pegasus Foundation in Arcadia, California

• United States Equine Rescue League rescues in IN, NC and VA

• University of MD Center for Agro-Security and Emergency Management planning resources

• Unwanted Horse Coalition information about owning responsibly; rescue/retirement facilities

• White Bird Appaloosa Horse Rescue in Burkeville, Virginia

• Wild Horse and Burro Program from the Bureau of Land Management

• Wild Horse Adoption read this before you adopt a wild horse

• Wild Horse Foundation in Franklin, Texas

• Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, California

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