The sanctuary horses dream of is Amaryllis. Safety, security, understanding and the finest professional care there is.  Please support our mission to give the horse's back their lives.  Visit the Sanctuary page.

"A good man takes care of his horses and dogs, not only when they are young, but also when they are old and past service" Plutarch

Amaryllis is in memory of Rascal, pictured above

Horses:

• Rent at the main barn

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• Vaccinations

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• Senior horses need joint supplements as do the former jump and racehorses of ALL ages.

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• Farrier funds (most are barefoot, some have shoes)

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• Teeth floating

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• Psyllium

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• Wormer 

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• Hay!  We feed Lucerne Farms Hi Fiber Hay to our senior and medical needs equines and the highest quality orchard grass hays to our easy keeping equines. If it isn't awesome WE WILL NOT FEED IT.

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• Agway Wood Pellets bedding How is your bedding?  Comfort is essential. Elderly horses need substantial bedding to provide comfort to arthritic joints.  Have you been sleeping on a bare dirt floor?  Our horses do not either.

• Pennfield Grand Prix Granola

• Purina Senior

• Duck pellets

• Chicken egg layer crumbles

• Chicken cracked corn

• Wheat bran

• Mineral oil

• Molasses gallons

• 50 pound white salt blocks or red mineral blocks for paddocks/stalls

Wish List:

• Stock trailer 16' aluminum for horse/pony transport so we may be able to safely travel to the Long Island schools and bring our pony and horse ambassadors to the children!  Our Kingston is NOT designed to carry small animals. It is designed for warmbloods.  A stock trailer will be a much safer transport and more comfortable for the animals.  Children need to meet the ponies and willing traveling small barnyard animals. Featherlite combo trailer 8409  Bumper pull 16 long 8 wide 7 high 4 top air spaces with plexiglass track rubber mats and walls center gate full lighting upgraded wheels and tires

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• Credit at Home Depot or CentaurHTP.com

• Fence installer

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• 4 wheel drive tractor able to pull a big mower deck (which we also need!)

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• 2500 series 4 wheel drive full bed pickup with trailer package and heavy duty rears to be able to dump the dump trailers and tow safely.  We have 130,000 miles on Christine's escalade to date.  It can't perform much longer.

• 12ft dump trailer for manure removal. We need 2!

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• 12-20ft trailer for feed and bedding storage.  We need 2 of these. With good storage, we can get deals on hay and bedding!

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• Dual wheel heavy duty wheel barrows and good pitchforks/rakes/shovels/hoses

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• A full time laborer! Part time is also needed! Consider sponsoring help for us!

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• Credit at Talmage Farm Agway 631-727-6677 where we buy all feed and bedding!

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• Credit at the vet! Nora Kleps 631-329-5210

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• Volunteers to distribute flyers promoting the rescue and events!

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• Fundraising event coordinators! Simple parties to fairs to specialized events!

All hours spent assisting the horse rescue are considered community service!  All monetary and tangible item donations are tax deductible to the extent of NYS law.  All good karma comes back to you tenfold. You get what you give.  Being a part of something larger than yourself is the most rewarding experience!

A Sanctuary for Special Needs Horses and Animals


A sanctuary was needed on the east end of Long Island where the efforts of our horse rescue has
produced 103 personally saved horses, ponies and mules. Over 50 have been permanently adopted by
fabulous new families, but many with special needs remain in sanctuary. These are former school
horses, race horses, show horses, children's pets. All were saved from slaughter. These and
more fantastic, hard working animals need a safe haven to relax and live in peace. The goal, or wish of
40 acres will provide ample space for all. Can YOU help?

Animals that find themselves headed for slaughter are almost never sent that route on purpose.
Many are products of a divorce, a financial setback, an injury requiring time, a slow racehorse,
an unwilling jumper, an outgrown child's first pony. A mustang gathered, but too young to ride
yet. Or a rooster, too old to fertilize the eggs now, chickens being torn apart by a crazy rooster,
ducks in a hellish pen. Many animals need a place to live in peace. We wish to teach children all
about animals, so the next generation to come will be better advised and more compassionate toward them.
 

The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as now they look upon the murder of men.
- Leonardo da Vinci

"The guiding principle for all our interactions with animals should stress that it is a privilege to share our lives with other animals; we should respect their interests and lives at all times, and the animals’ own views of the world must be given serious consideration.” Marc Bekoff, Ph.D.

Great site: http://all-creatures.org/gcm/index.html