3 Reasons to Adopt a Horse

Top 3 reasons to adopt a horse:

• Cheaper
• Save a life
• Test drive through fostering programs

Horse rescue centers house animals that have been abused, abandoned, or simply given up for lack of time or money for care. Because you will be adopting your horse from a shelter as opposed to a breeder,  you will be paying significantly less for the animal.

Save a life! Horses sold in auctions go to the highest bidder...this could even mean the meat man! Shelters try to rescue as many as they are able to afford, and you help this cause by donating your money by buying the horse, therefore freeing up space for them to acquire more animals and save them from a less than pleasant ending.

You like a horse, but how do you know you will bond with it? Fostering programs allow you to take the horse home for a certain period of time. You will care for the horse as if it is your own, at no cost to you. This is a great opportunity to find the personality that matches yours.

Here are a few links for more information:

USA        http://www.rerun.org/

Canada   http://www.heavencanwaitequinerescue.org/