"If it's good for equines, we support it.
If it's bad for equines, we want to help fix it."
-Elaine Nash
March, 2019
EMERGENCY MISSION!
BOMB
CYCLONE
STORM
ULMER
HAY BANK NEWS
Fleet of Angels is preparing to assist in the affected states by offering hay bank services and other assistance to equine victims of the storm.
If you were directly affected by this storm and are in need of emergency hay for your equines, you are welcome to SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HAY HERE.
Although we are not able to assist in all cases, we help in every case possible.
Please be patient after making your request. It takes time to make all the arrangements needed, establish a hay bank hosting location, and ship hay to the sites where needed. Unfortunately, we are already currently providing emergency hay services in several other parts of the country, and our volunteer teams are spread very thin. We will provide updates on new hay bank availabilities on the Fleet of Angels News page on Facebook.
For equines (horses, mules, donkeys, ponies, minis)
HEARTLAND OF AMERICA SUFFERS UNFATHOMABLE LOSSES DUE TO STORM
ANOTHER CRISIS STRIKES US EQUINES! HEAVY SNOW, RAIN, HARD WINDS, AND FLOODING HAS CAUSED TREMENDOUS DAMAGE IN MULTIPLE STATES. MANY HORSES ARE AT RISK. HAY AND SUPPLIES ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED ACROSS THE MIDWEST.
Heartland
Equine Evacuation and Disaster Response





Please help us help them. Some stranded horses have nothing to eat until help arrives.
Simply put, we can't do it without YOU!


Fleet of Angels'
NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE
Facebook is used as a networking resource in our natural disaster response work. Please join each group to assist, follow, and support.

2018 California Wildfires cause loss of homes, farms, hay supplies, and lives
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WEST COAST
Equine Evacuation and Disaster Response
Bomb Cyclone Ulmer puts an eight state area under deep snow and water
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HEARTLAND STATES
Equine Evacuation and Disaster Response
Two 2018 hurricanes leave hundreds of horses stranded and without food
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EAST COAST
Equine Evacuation and Disaster Response
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TEXAS / SOUTHERN COASTAL STATES
Equine Evacuation and Disaster Response
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COLORADO / WEST / SOUTHWEST
Equine Evacuation and Disaster Response
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NEED Directory
National Equine Emergency Directory
RECENT NEWS STORIES
about Fleet of Angels' work during
HURRICANES FLORENCE AND MICHAEL

USE THESE RESOURCES TO FIND LOWER COST TRANSPORTATION AND MORE FOR YOUR AT-RISK OR ADOPTED EQUINE:
FLEET OF ANGELS'
TRANSPORTATION FINDER
IS A SELF HELP SERVICE.
FOR TRANSPORTS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL DISASTERS, USE THIS AREA:
Every registered member of Fleet of Angels is in this directory. This allows you have the very same access to help as anyone in the organization. Use the easy, interactive search features in the directory to find lower cost transportation, layover stabling, quarantine hosts, and more for your rescued or adopted equines.
(NO TRANSPORT OR STABLING OF KILL PEN OR AUCTION HORSES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY QUARANTINED FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS.)
Join our trip networking page on Facebook to be seen by let our transporters know where you need your horse transported to or from. Include the city and state of both origin and destination, general information about the horse such as gender, approx age, lead and load training, date of availability, and a photo of the horse or trip map if possible.
(NO TRANSPORT OR STABLING OF KILL PEN OR AUCTION HORSES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY QUARANTINED FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS.)
SPECIAL MISSION
THE HALLELUJAH HORSES
Emergency placement and transportation of 907 unhandled, untrained horses to safe adoptive homes
(seized by the State of SD from ISPMB- the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros)
International News Network
covers FOA success story: 907 horses saved- the largest rescue of horses in history
SEEKING SANCTUARY
How one woman and a small group of volunteers found homes for more than 900 horses
Fleet of Angels receives prestigious equine award- the first ever ASPCA Equine Welfare Award
MISSION GOALS
FEED, TREAT, PLACE, AND TRANSPORT
907
STARVING AND NEGLECTED WILD HORSES IN NEED OF HELP
MISSION SUMMARY
FOLLOW THE HH HORSES HERE
In early October, 2016, Fleet of Angels Executive Director Elaine Nash received a call from the SD States Attorney, who asked her to create and manage a large national effort to find adoptive homes for 270 of the 907 starving and neglected horses that they had seized from the ISPMB facility in SD.
By mid-December that goal had been met, even though the extreme winter weather and other factors in SD made normal wild horse management processes almost impossible. Fleet of Angels partnered with Return to Freedom and other equine welfare organizations in a massive effort to raise over $150,000 to pay off a lien the two involved SD counties had on the rest of ISMPB's horses for a hay bill that had accumulated. That effort was successful, and a planned auction of the 600+ horses was cancelled.
In late January, 2017, the State of SD reached a deal with ISPMB to remove all but 20 horses from their control and all the remaining horses (over 600) were turned over to Fleet of Angels.
After adoptinng out as many horses as possible before the end of March, FOA moved the remaining 312 horses from SD to a new FOA adoption hub in Fort Collins, CO, where the effort to care for, feed, adopt, and transport the horses to safe long term homes continues as more horses are adopted and transported to new homes every week. The goal is to have every horse (adopted out in groups of two or more at time) by Thanksgiving, 2017! Teamwork works!
HH ADOPT FORWARD PROGRAM
Applications for The Hallelujah Horses are now closed, and all the horses have been adopted. On occasion, however, an adopter becomes unable to keep their Hallelujah Horses. In those rare cases, we allow those horses to be adopted forward directly from the adopter's location. HH horses are adopted forward in groups or pairs only, except in special circumstances. All adopters must be approved through Fleet of Angels' application process. If you'd like to be on our waiting list to be notified if Hallelujah Horses become available, please complete the application form, below.
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Thousands of people offering equine evacuation, emergency stabling, hay banks, veterinary care, farrier services, SAR, and many other emergency services can be found in the National Equine Emergency Directory. The NEED directory is designed to allow horse owners find the help they need quickly during fast-moving natural disaster events.
No matter where you are, please register in the directory ASAP so you can help if a disaster strikes in your area.
Find help during natural disasters here!
National
Equine
Emergency
Directory
Heartfelt gratitude to all who help people help at-risk equines!
AMERICA'S AT-RISK EQUINES NEED HELP.
FLEET OF ANGELS DELIVERS.
Fleet of Angels is a grass roots not for profit organization that was originally created to get more at-risk equines rescued and adopted by making transporting them more affordable. Thousands of trailer owners, over 2300 layover hosts, over 500 quarantine providers, and hundreds of other service providers have joined our network. As a result, FOA has been able to help thousands of at-risk equines in our first four years. Fleet of Angels has expanded its services over the years to include the management of equine crises of all kinds to insure that at-risk horses get the help and safe haven they need.
Anyone who wants to join FOA can easily SIGN UP by registering with us as a transporter or as a provider of one of our other services for your area.
Or, if you are an adopter or rescuer and need to find an Angel to help you get your horse home, simply submit click the ASK FOR HELP button to get started.
STATS

12,500+
PARTICIPANTS
AND GROWING!
WEBSITE HITS
AS OF TODAY!
TEAMWORK WORKS!
THANK YOU!
ANGELS
TRANSPORTERS LAYOVER HOSTS QUARANTINE PROVIDERS EVACUATION CREWS
RELIEF & RECOVERY TEAMS MISSION FACILITATORS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
You choose how to help as you join thousands of others in our database.
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CURRENTLY RECRUITING
'BOOTS ON THE GROUND' MEMBERS
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TEAM MANAGERS
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ONLINE ASSISTANTS
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Drop us a note at HoldYourHorses@aol.com.

MOVING AT-RISK EQUINES FROM DANGER TO SAFETY
RESCUERS
RESCUERS OF HORSES FROM ABUSE, NEGLECT & STARVATION
ADOPTERS OF HORSES FROM EQUINE RESCUES
NEED HELP TRANSPORTING AN ADOPTED OR RESCUED EQUINE? YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!
Do you need help getting your newly adopted or rescued equine home? Our horse-loving members will help you if they can. Services range from transporting, providing stalls or pens for layovers, providing proper quarantine services for horses saved from the slaughter pipeline, to evacuation and short term fostering during natural disasters like fires, flood, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
PRIVATELY OWNED OR ADOPTED HORSES
FOR EQUINES FROM KILL PENS & AUCTIONS
OR
USE FOR HEALTHY EQUINES ONLY
FOA assists with transportation and services for at-risk equines being transported from private homes, boarding facilities, and other locations that are NOT associated with auctions, kill pens, or feed lots.
Need to change your information?

USE FOR EQUINES FROM THE
SLAUGHTER PIPELINE ONLY
Load and Go is a Facebook group that helps network transportation for horses from kill pens, feed lots, or auctions that have not been properly quarantined for 30 days by a qualified QT provider.
FOA does not assist with transport of horses from these locations until they have been properly quarantined for 30 days at a qualified quarantine facility.
"The rate of equine rescues increases substantially when the cost of transortation can be provided at a significantly reduced rate. That is exactly what Fleet of Angels makes possible."
-Elaine Nash, Founder
"
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2019! Our eighth year of helping people help horses
FOA's angels have assisted with thousands of life saving missions for at-risk equines
... and we're just getting started!
FOA's generous members offer a variety of lifesaving services for at-risk horses, mules, and donkeys- both wild and domestic, by helping providing transportation that saves them from abuse, abandonment, starvation, or the cruelties of slaughter. We help get newly adopted horses to their new homes.
For horses making long journeys to safe homes, some of our members offer layover accommodations. And, in some cases, FOA members can even provide overnight sleeping quarters for tired drivers who are transporting their equine passengers for long distances.
An army of trailer-owning members are on stand-by to provide transportation for the evacuation of equines from floods, fires, and other natural disasters.
FOA Extended Teams participate with authorities and horse owners by organizing post-disaster equine search and rescue missions, coordinating foster care placement, doing equine fencing and facility repair, coordinating hay drive efforts, and offering other services as needed to save, protect, and care for at-risk equines.
Working through Fleet of Angels is an awesome way to be a good neighbor when you're needed!

Are you ready to help when horses near you are in trouble?
Register with FOA today.

Traveling is tiring. Can you offer an
at-risk or adopted horse a rest stop on its way home?
Register with FOA today.
*WHAT DO WE CONSIDER AN
'AT-RISK EQUINE'?
An at-risk equine is a horse, pony, mule, or donkey- wild or domestic, that is at risk of losing its life as a victim of abuse or neglect, slaughter, or is in danger due to a natural disaster.
Fleet of Angels is known for helping rescued equines get home, but our Angels are also happy to assist with transporting equines after adoption or purchase from a valid equine rescue or a BLM adoption facility. When an equine is adopted from a rescue, two are actually saved- the one being adopted, and the one who can take its place at the rescue.
Fleet of Angels strongly encourages rescuing or adopting horses that are in your area rather than purchasing kill buyer, feed lot, or auction horses that are a great distance from you.

FOR REGISTERED MEMBERS and RESCUERS ONLY
*Clean loads only
Rescuers who have submitted a Request for Assistance form online can post their transportation needs on this page for FOA transporters who check in to see who needs help, and where.
Transporters can see posts by rescuers who us this page as a tool for finding discount transportation for rescued and adopted equines.
*'Clean' refers to equines that have been properly quarantined after removal from pulic facilities like auctions, feedlots, and kill pens.
JOIN US ON FACEBOOK
News, photos, and stories of interest to equine rescuers, transporters, and everyone who loves horses and longears is shared for everyone.
Transporters and Rescuers are encouraged to send stories and photos about their FOA missions to HoldYourHorses@aol.com so they can be shared on the page.
Rescuers will find good information on WHEN, WHY, AND HOW to quarantine rescue horses, and helpful stories from rescuers about their QT experiences.
Transporters, Layover Hosts, and Quarantine Providers will find current news and important updates on the most current equine diseases and health risks so they can take all needed steps to protect the equines in their care during FOA missions.