Expansion of Horse Program for 30 Horses

Thanks to generous supporters like you, USERL was able to respond to an emergency call from Sampson County, NC officials, to take in an emaciated mare in life-threatening condition. Your donations helped with initial care, and ongoing fundraising will continue for her expenses on her long road to recovery. The mare, now...

May 2012 Field Update! Your gracious contributions have continued to assist horses in dire need involved in county cruelty investigations.  The update in February spotlighted 4 horses that your donations assisted.  Since then, one was humanely euthanized due to illness (all were exposed to Salmonella on the...

Dear Global Giving donors, Your donations through this project have recently assisted two of four horses that just entered our program from an active cruelty case in North Carolina.  One of those two being assisted by Global Giving donors is a heavily pregnant mare, so in a few short weeks it will be 3 from this case...

Our end year update begins with a thank you to all who have donated in assisting with the nutritional and medical care for 6 neglected/abused horses this year to come into our program, and $5,000+ donated for this Global Giving project this year thus far!  Your support has been crucial in supplying needs for these...

USERL is so thankful for our supporters in our mission to assist neglected, abused and abandoned horses, donkeys and mules!  Since our last report, funds through this project have come in to continue to assist Stori, an orphan foal who tragically lost her mother to severe neglect, as well as a mare named Nizzy who came...

It’s been a busy summer with many community needs.  Through generous donations from supporters via Global Giving, USERL was able to immediately assist two cases needing critical assistance. Lil Gypsy arrived to the USERL Horse Program April 14, 2011.  She was found abandoned in a NC county.  When no...

While coming into our busiest time of the year for equine neglect cases, USERL was contacted by a NC county on April 4th asking for assistance with an abandoned horse.  The horse was found in someone's pasture early that morning.  Covered in mud and very thin with severely infected wounds on his legs and body, he...

Thus far in 2011, the winter has proven to be difficult again for horses with owners that are struggling financially in this poor economy, or who did not realize the cost of care for a horse was so expensive.  Due in part to your generous donations, we’ve been able to help a few in 2011, but many more have needed...

It is almost Christmas, and the end of the year, and USERL is working hard to assist horses in need.  The down economy and the unseasonable weather in the southern regions of the United States have warranted many critical needs for horses!  On December 2nd, North Carolina Randolph County Animal Control...

AS THE economy struggles to right itself, so do the horses affected by it.  Their higher cost of care puts them in danger of neglect or being passed along to an unsuitable home much quicker than other “pets” affected by financial duresss.  As of December 6, 2010, USERL has sheltered 100 horses in our...

With the help of our supporters, an additional horse was assisted with this program. On July 28, 2010, 10 horses were seized in Charles City County, Virginia. The horses were in poor condition and were transported to area USERL quarantine/rehabilitation farms. All are doing well and are recovering (see news story). With...

Since our last update, two more equines in need have been assisted by donors through the Global Giving campaign. Tuxedo, a stallion, and Cletus, a donkey jack, were being kept in horrible conditions. The owner voluntarily surrendered 2 horses and 2 donkeys during the investigation. The stallion and donkey in worst need...

2010 continues, thus far, to be a challenge for horse owners. Three additional horses have come into the program under this expansion project: Ferrari, Legacy and Duramax. All three came from horrific cruelty cases and needed immediate care for survival. Thanks to supporters like you, USERL was able to shelter them and...

Since August, your donations have assisted three more horses with shelter, food and medical care to escape neglect and get their second chance at a new life! Sebastian, Sam and Elliott (pictured above) all came from dire circumstances that, without your help, would have left them without options to escape their suffering. ...

It continues to be a difficult year for the horses with the poor economy all across the U.S. However, with the help of all the wonderful donors through Global Giving, a total of $23,993 has been achieved which has assisted 11 horses thus far to escape neglect/abuse through the USERL Horse Program. The following photos...

Since January of 2008, when this project began, the issues of horse neglect have continued to rise alarmingly with the decline of the economy. Although Spring of 2008 brought much needed rain to parched areas of drought, the spiraling economy continued to increase horse neglect - along with price increases for ...