Kentucky Humane Society Equine CARE

09/23/2025

Bixby tried on some English tack this week. It’s almost time for him to go to big boy school. With his easygoing attitude around people we think he’s going to be an easy one to start under saddle and make somebody a wonderful saddle pal.

09/18/2025

09/18/2025

Woohoo pitch in and donate for the afternoon Give for Good drive!

09/18/2025

During Give For Good Louisville, you can support horses in our care by donating to our cause to help care for and rehome horses in need. Horses like our 3 foals in this photo. All three were born to mares who formerly free-roamed in the mountains on reclaimed coal surface mining property, and all three are healthy with bright futures because of supporters like you. Basil, SummerJo and little Gabriel benefit from your support.

Go here to give and support us on Give for Good Louisville day! ➡️ https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/Kentucky-Humane-Society

09/18/2025

❤️ YOU can participate in Give For Good Louisville by donating to help horses like Victor find health and happiness with KHS.

09/18/2025

Its GIVE FOR GOOD time! Join in on the giving to help KHS help more animals!

LET THE GAMES BEGIN! 🥇 is officially underway. 🥳 You can support KHS’s lifesaving programs for dogs, cats and horses on our city’s BIGGEST day of giving by visiting the link below. ⬇️ Help us reach our goal and make this our best Give for Good yet! 🐾

https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/Kentucky-Humane-Society

09/16/2025

In July we picked up several free roaming feral horses, not because they were destroying property or necessarily emaciated as are usually the reasons, but because somebody was going to take them imminently. So, we figured it might as well have been us while we had the permission to do so. We wanted to make sure they had time to settle in, clear their legal stray hold period, see a vet, get the handling and mineral supplementation they need, and eventually be placed with thoughtful adopters who are equipped to care for them and handle them properly.

One such fella in this group came to us nicknamed by locals as "Thor". Some of our supporters Shelley and Pete have requested to give him a new name with his new life in captivity. So, meet... Gabriel! He's going through a fall foal shed and trying to show us his shiny black coat.

09/15/2025

A Victor blep 😋❤️

09/10/2025

We want to give a big thank you shout out to the CrossFit group from CrossFit Fixation who came and unloaded/stacked a lot of the hay we were able to purchase after our Hay Bale Heroes fundraiser. We are always grateful to our donors and volunteers that make it possible for us to help horses, it sometimes takes a village to get good things done! ❤️

09/04/2025

Demara arrived several months ago from a neglect case. Today she is doing much better and even received a quick light riding evaluation today. Seems like she may adoptable as a rideable horse, which is great news because rideable horses generally get adopted much more quickly than companion-only horses. We would like to see her continue to gain some more weight before she leaves, but she’s certainly on the right track.

Thank you to cheerful KHS volunteer Wolfgang for being her sponsor. ❤️

09/01/2025

Give for Good Louisville is coming up! Save the date!

Matching gift coming Sept. 18.

08/28/2025

We’ve taken in 5 owner surrender Thoroughbred geldings direct to foster in the last week or so. These horses have been well fed and lived peacefully in pastures for years, but haven’t had much formal handling in that time. We will be working to match descriptions to potential names, checking faded tattoos, and getting to know them in the coming weeks. We still have several more from this surrender to pick up in the future. The farm they were living on has sold and they needed somewhere to go but weren’t really prepared for finding new homes yet. Some are friendly and kind, some are lightly handled (ever), and some raced or were ridden but have just been eating for a living for years now. We have the vet and farrier friends, elbow grease, and work ethic to polish up these diamonds in the rough and make them shine.

We look forward to getting to know each one, and are happy to help them through this transition. Thank you SO MUCH to our two new fosters who agreed to give them a place to hang out while we get them vetted and start working on matted manes among other care needs. Fosters, volunteers, donors and followers fuel us to keep helping when and where we can.

To our potential adopters, we suspect some of these will be suitable companion horses, some may be rideable, and some may need a good bit of training to be adoptable but all are a bit aged. Some have lots of “jewelry” - scars, lumps, bumps and other adornments. We are not hiding any young eventing prospects in this group, but each deserves a chance at a new life. If you have an old war horse who needs a pal that speaks “royal ancestor zoom zoom” language, we will likely have several of those available to excellent homes in the future. 🐎❤️