WELCOME to the Pennsylvania Equine Rescue & Retirement Foundation.
Our Mission:
• Dedication to rescuing slaughter-bound abused and neglected horses by providing rehabilitation and sanctuary to equines in suffering.
• Educate and embrace the humane treatment of horses by offering adults, families and caregivers the opportunity to develop and nurture relationships through activities with horses.
Our Vision:
To provide a safe, therapeutic, nature-based environment for an improved quality of life for both people and horses to regain trust through compassion and care.
Our Values:
• Compassion - We celebrate our role in serving animals and the community. We must genuinely understand and embrace the sufferings and misfortunes of others through patience, wisdom and kindness.
• Honesty – We will operate openly and candidly full disclosure of operations and funding practices.
• Hard Work – We believe in creating habits and responsibility, through perseverance
• Integrity - We will display a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles.
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Our Goals:
• Identify and address issues impacting the equine industry and unwanted horses.
• Inspire the community to care more deeply about animals and the environment, and continue to create long term partnerships.
• Strengthen the bond between highly sensitive horses and troubled humans.
• Recruit and retain committed volunteers to implement projects and meet ongoing operational needs.
• Achieve ongoing financial stability for PERRF with a diverse base of donors, funders and income-producing activities.
Our Objectives:
• Provide “behind-the-scenes” components of horse rescue and care by developing and sharing information regarding our approach to animal welfare.
• Expand events that make our facility even more accessible and welcoming to all community members.
• Develop measures through educational workshops to demonstrate that the horses in our care are living healthy lives.
• Bring awareness to over-breeding & horse slaughter, and educate the public on equine diseases, cost of horse ownership, castration clinics & low-cost euthanasia options.
• Advocate lawmakers for effective laws to regulate and improve equine welfare.
PERRF is proud to provide a loving, safe sanctuary for horses that were once abused, neglected, aged, and/or abandoned. All of our horses come from dangerous, heartbreaking situations and our sanctuary provides each one of them with a forever home where they can live out their lives. The horses below were rescues and residents of our sanctuary and the most beautiful part of what we do. They may be gone, but they will live in our hearts forever.