12/12/2025
The Hard Truth About Horse Rescue: Not All Rescues Are Real Rescues!
It is a deeply saddening reality that within the horse slaughter pipeline, there are individuals profiting off the suffering, some of whom are masquerading as legitimate rescues. This corruption runs deep, and you, the compassionate donor, deserve to know the truth.
💔 The Fake Rescue Fronts: Some nonprofits are shockingly operated by kill buyers. These individuals set up 501(c)(3) organizations as fronts for their kill buyer businesses, giving out tax receipts to encourage donations that should be going to legitimate rescues, all the while proving exorbitant incomes for these kill buyers. Make sure that any organization you donate to has a strong board of directors, not just 2 or 3 friends and family, for accountability.
💸 The Kickback Scheme: We've seen instances where kill buyers make financial deals with certain nonprofits, offering kickbacks to take horses. Alarmingly, rescued horses are sent right back to the kill buyer, allowing the kill buyer to claim "all horses went to a rescue" while the nonprofit keeps their kickback.
🐴 The Suffering: Non-legitimate 501(c)(3) organizations often prioritize constant fundraising to bring in more horses over providing strong medical diagnostics and proof of care. Horses that are not easily adoptable often disappear out the back door: sold to traders, taken to auctions, and funneled straight back into the slaughter pipeline. This is utterly despicable and a clear case of donor fraud.
At Horse Plus Humane Society, we are dedicated to transparency and the well-being of every horse:
⚕️ Medical First: We have veterinarians on staff and prioritize strong medical diagnostics, ensuring an animal is not suffering due to an underlying medical condition.
💜 Adoption to Approved Homes: We have a comprehensive adoption process. This includes thorough screening, checking references, and conducting interviews, all to ensure that our horses go to wonderful, approved homes.
👩⚕️ Humane Outcomes: We ensure each horse receives the best care based on their medical outcome, including humane euthanasia when it is the kindest option.
Help Us Investigate: The fight against corruption in the horse slaughter pipeline requires all of us. If you have firsthand knowledge or evidence of a fake rescue front, a kill buyer operating a fraudulent 501(c)(3), or a nonprofit engaging in kickback schemes. Please reach out to us through our Hotline 4 Horses and make a confidential report. Your information is crucial and will help us continue investigating. Report Corruption https://bit.ly/4rHlSBh
We stand firm with legitimate rescues who say NO to financial kickback gains from the kill buyers. We work diligently to expose the corruption within the slaughter pipeline and the horse rescue world.
Please choose wisely where you donate. Your generosity should truly save a life.
