MONTANA HORSE SANCTUARY INC
PO BOX 551, STEVENSVILLE, MT 59870 www.montanahorsesanctuary.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PROVIDE MONTANA'S IN-CRISIS AND ABUSED HORSES WITH SHELTER, REHABILITATION AND PLACEMENT IN QUALIFIED, PERMANENT HOMES. TO PROVIDE MONTANA HORSE OWNERS WITH EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP THEM BETTER CARE FOR AND WORK WITH THEIR HORSES.

In 2019, Montana Horse Sanctuary adopted a whole new paradigm of helping in-crisis equines. Our core goal is helping Montanas horses. We are now meeting that goal by directly assisting horse owners, rescuers and law enforcement. When we started the Sanctuary in 2004, there were few horse sanctuaries and rescues in Montana; but today there are a wide array of non-profit, private and individual horse rescuers. We are thrilled by this monumental change because it means more horses are being rescued and many are spending the rest of their lives with the people who saved them. More is happening at the grassroots level. Communities are becoming aware and involved in helping abused horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. We strongly encourage and support this statewide effort and hope you will continue to support our vision.The Sanctuary office has relocated: We moved the Sanctuarys base to Stevensville, Montana in May 2019. The Sanctuary ranch in Simms is up for sale and as of June 2020 we have a sale contract in place with closing scheduled for Sept. 10, 2020. The ranch includes 1,200 acres with a 165-acre state land lease, year-round springs with water rights, horse-safe fencing, irrigation rights, spectacular vistas, a hay field and lots of room to roam. We have maintained the ranch in a completely organic manner since 2007. The new office is located at 918 Lecoure Lane, near Stevensville. The mailing address is new: PO Box 551, Stevensville, MT 59870. What happened to the last Sanctuary horses? As the Sanctuary board began changing direction four years ago, we decided to reduce the herd naturally, as horses were adopted or died. By early 2019, we were down to three horses: Coral, Sundance and Grace. We said a sad goodbye to Coral in spring 2019. Her many years fighting insulin resistance finally became a crisis after a life-threatening vaccine reaction in 2018. She was unable to recover. Sundance has been adopted and is loving life with two other geldings in his forever home. Grace is ready for adoption as a saddle horse. She LOVES trail adventures and seeing new places. Donkey donkey, donkey! Two mini donkeys from the Hot Springs rescue who had been adopted from the Sanctuary were returned to us in 2019. Their family felt they could no longer give them the time and attention they deserve. Then the best thing happened! We helped them find a new home in the mountains. Their family are experienced hikers who take them on adventures several times a week. We recently received this note from their humans: Who knew we needed miniature donkeys? Russell & Bunny are enhancing our lives with peaceful presence and charisma. Bunnys white line disease (hoof infection) in one foot is treated weekly, trimmed every three weeks. Healthy hoof tissue is now growing beautifully. Both are losing excess weight and toning their muscles for hiking. We hope to participate with them in an animal therapy group so they may spread their joy to many people. Their transition and recovery is supported by the equine community of Montana Horse Sanctuary, their foster family, trainer, farriers, veterinarian, hay growers and haulers, and the ever-increasing fan club of visitors. As all equine adopters know, for the best outcome, it really does take a village.Late in 2019 we helped Western Montana Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation with a donkey they rescued named Miss Daisy. One of our supporters fostered her and we covered the costs for veterinary care, feed and herbal treatment. Daisy went to her new home near Helena in spring 2020 and is now warming the hearts of her beloved family and fellow donkey, Eyeore.Horse care assistance: We help horse owners in financial difficulty to cover direct costs of horse care. One such owner is an equine assisted psychotherapist in Central Montana who was laid off from her job and had a gap of time before her next job began. All 10 of her horses were rescues and are part of her work with children who have endured trauma and some who have ended up in the legal system. Two small safety net expenditures from Montana Horse Sanctuary, Inc., helped her bridge the employment gap and kept her horses properly fed and vetted during a difficult time. We also provide help to individual rescuers. A woman near Bozeman has rescued sev-eral horses in the past few years. One of the horses, a miniature, recently needed extensive veterinary care for a bad colic episode. The woman ended up with a sizable veterinary bill in the same week that her furnace quit and had to be replaced. Our assistance helped her pay veterinary costs and her little mare is home and on the mend. Our supported adoption program for older pasture pals that were formerly Sanctuary horses continues to be successful. This program helps older horses find great forever homes with people who possess substantial horse care knowledge, own suitable accomodations and plenty of time and love but couldnt otherwise afford another horse. As always we stand ready and prepared to help Montanas law enforcement community during cruelty case seizures. Helping fellow nonprofit organizations: A program we will expand substantially once the ranch has sold is assistance to other nonprofit rescues and sanctuaries. Our goal will be to help deserving organizations build their capacity through educational means such as grantwriting training, learning new fundraising skills and so forth.Our updated mission all boils down to the village concept, or in this case, it takes a state to rescue horses. Currently our work is small-scale but once the Sanctuary ranch has sold we will expand our programs and increase our impact throughout Montana.

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