Difficult situations sometimes force owners to make difficult decisions, and we don’t want anyone to give up their horse due to a temporary financial hardship. We created the Horse Owner Assistance Program to provide temporary financial assistance to horse owners who have lost their jobs or suffered reduced hours or salary due and for owners who are dealing with medical bills.
This program is not designed to cover all of the horses’ expenses, but we’re hoping that with some assistance people can hang onto their horses. At this time, we’re only providing one month of assistance at a time, but you can apply up to three different times (so you could apply in May, June, and July if needed). Once you’ve been awarded horse owner assistance three times (whether that’s in one year or spread across multiple years), we will not be able to help again.
We are only able to offer assistance to individuals in Texas at this time. We are unable to offer assistance to other rescue organizations, breeders, lesson barns, or other businesses.
We have limited funding for the program but expect many applications. Your donation will help us buy hay and grain for horse owners or pay for veterinary care (all money will go directly to the vendors, we will not be giving out cash awards). Our goal is to use these funds to help owners keep their horses until they can afford them again. Make a donation to our Horse Owners Assistance Fund.
Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax-deductible.