HORSE SHELTER
526 GALISTEO STREET, SANTA FE, NM 87501 thehorseshelter.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: RESCUE AND REHABILITATE ABUSED, ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED HORSES THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO. THESE HORSES ARE TRAINED AND ADOPTED INTO THE COMMUNITY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. MOST HORSES ARE RECEIVED THROUGH NEW MEXICO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

RESCUE AND REHABILITATE ABUSED, ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED HORSES THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO.

ADOPTION PROGRAM: THE HORSE SHELTER ADOPTS OUT UP TO 40 RESCUE HORSES ANNUALLY AND STRIVES TO IMPROVE THIS NUMBER YEARLY. THE MORE HORSES WE ADOPT OUT, THE MORE WE CAN ADMIT INTO RESCUE. BIG EFFORTS ARE MADE BY THE BOARD AND THE STAFF TO INCREASE ADOPTABILITY. OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH DESIGNATED GRANTS, EMPLOYS A FULL TIME TRAINER AND UTILIZES CONTRACT AND FOSTER TRAINERS. THE ANNUAL "GIMME SHELTER" TRAINERS' EVENT HAS PROVEN THE MOST BENEFICIAL IN INCREASING THE ADOPTION RATE BY SHOWCASING THE QUALITY AND ADOPTABILITY OF TRAINED THS HORSES.

SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS SUPPORTERS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO ADOPT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT A HORSE AT THE HORSE SHELTER. ALL LEVELS OF SPONSORSHIP ARE ACCEPTED. THIS IS A VERY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM THAT KEEPS GROWING OVER THE YEARS.

VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: OUR REDESIGNED PROGRAM ALLOWS VOLUNTEERS TO PROGRESS THROUGH HORSE HANDLING CLASSES AND IN TURN HELPS THS BY HAVING TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, WHO CAN HELP SOCIALIZE AND GROUND-TRAIN OUR HORSES AND ASSIST OUR TRAINER. VOLUNTEER HOURS AVERAGE BETWEEN 600-800 HOURS PER MONTH.

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