See pictures and videos of the horses we rescue. You can read the stories of our rescue efforts and see the cases we work on. To find out how you can help, go to our Donate page.
Idaho's safe haven for abused and neglected equines
See pictures and videos of the horses we rescue. You can read the stories of our rescue efforts and see the cases we work on. To find out how you can help, go to our Donate page.
In January 2017, during one of the most severe winters in Idaho history, IHR took on our most intricate rescue to date. JD & Ryat had survived an abusive owner only to be abandoned to the Boulder Mountain wilderness to survive on their own for over 2 years. Of the dozens of original herd members;…
In February of 2017, IHR was notified by the Owyhee County Sheriff of a serious neglect case. The conditions these animals were forced to live in were devastating. They were chewing on fence posts from hunger, wading through knee deep feces upon the carcasses of other deceased horses & cattle that had succumbed to…
Last week, we at Idaho Horse Rescue received more than one report of the possible abuse and neglect of five horses out in Owyhee County. We were informed that it seemed as though they weren’t getting food or water but only every few days and that no one had been around to make sure that…
In July we rescued Zoe, a beautiful and headstrong 7-year-old Buckskin Quarter Horse from Nampa. She, along with her mother Juno, her father Comanche, and her sister Babygirl had all been kept in a long narrow lot, no bigger than an eighth of an acre. The fencing consisted of old wire and weaved sticks. The…