Horse Sanctuaries - Horse Directories

We are an all volunteer, non profit public charity 501 (c) (3) horse rescue and sanctuary operation located in Sonoma County.

Located overlooking the Pacific in Santa Barbara, Hearts Therapeutic offers life-changing experiences to people of all ages with a wide range of disabilities. Since opening in 1985, approximately 60,000 lesson hours to over 2,000 members of our community have benefited from therapeutic riding. Today we have 10 horses and serve 80 riders per week.

The Equamore Foundation provides rescue and sanctuary for neglected, abused, and abandoned horses that have no other alternative for life. Each day our Sanctuary pushes back against cruelty and indifference. Our mission of kindness and respect for the dignity of all life is vital and universal.

Motivated by witnessing the misfortunes of abused animals, and the uncertain plight of horses sent to auction, we are dedicated to offering an alternative solution for unwanted animals, or those whose owners can no longer care for them.

Heaven Can Wait is committed to providing our rescued equine residents a safe haven where they do not starve, are not neglected, do not go without medical care, someplace where they are safe from abuse and from ever having to face great suffering and untimely death. We act on the belief that these noble animals, which we have relied on for so long for our own survival, deserve to live in comfort, safety and good health until their days are done.

The Lipizzan Rescue Foundation (LRF), as the only non-profit Lipizzan Rescue in the United States, joins others who have dedicated themselves to the preservation and safety of the Lipizzan horse breed.

The Wild Burro Rescue and Preservation Project is dedicated to the live capture-rescue, rehabilitation and lifelong care of otherwise doomed Wild Burros.