Laughing Pony Rescue

Laughing Pony Rescue LPR is a non-profit 501(c)3 dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating horses, donkeys and farm animals

Since 2010, Laughing Pony Rescue (LPR) has saved over 1,200 horses, donkeys and farm animals from abuse, neglect and slaughter. Rescued horses in our therapy program have helped numerous individuals struggling from a variety of illnesses. Our educational programs continue to bring awareness of animal abuse and protective programs to communities throughout San Diego County, California.

⭐️🐴 UPDATE 🐴 ⭐️ Thank you! You did it! Because of you we were able to cover the costs for these 7 foals and add extra f...
06/16/2025

⭐️🐴 UPDATE 🐴 ⭐️ Thank you! You did it! Because of you we were able to cover the costs for these 7 foals and add extra for their care. You are amazing!
ORIGINAL POST:
** FOALS ** We couldn’t wait.
We are raising funds to cover the cost of rescuing 7 foals that were separated from their mothers in the recent roundup. Some are still being bottle fed, some are injured and need medical care urgently. We just couldn't wait to get this post out so we put up the money ourselves.
Your donations go directly to buy formula for the bottle-fed babies, to pay medical bills for the injured ones and to recoup the funds we laid out to get them to safety.
If you can find it in your heart to help us cover this cost, there's still hay to buy and medical bills for our own horses that have to be covered here at the rescue. All help is gratefully received. The cost was $200/foal ($1400 total). Thank you. Donate at https://laughingponyrescue.org/donate/ or visit our link in bio.

06/11/2025

One more video of the 11 we jsut saved from the PNW feedlot! 404 407 413 and 415 are quarantining together (maybe it makes the transition a little less intimidating). We are so grateful for your support. We love these videos showing the horses we save as they start their new lives - all thanks to you!

06/10/2025

All 11 horses are HOME.
Because of your support, every single horse from this group has made it off the feedlot to their new home.
Check out this video of #411 loading into the trailer before the freedom ride!
This work means the world to them—and to us.
Thank you.
Stay close. More lives will need saving soon.

06/10/2025

All 11 horses are HOME.
Because of your support, every single horse from this group has landed in a loving home. Check out thsi video of #403 and #406 arrivng at their new home!
This work means the world to them—and to us.
Thank you.
Stay close. More lives will need saving soon.

They Are Home.All 11 horses are off the feedlot and safe in their new homes—because of you.Thanks to your donations, sha...
06/10/2025

They Are Home.

All 11 horses are off the feedlot and safe in their new homes—because of you.

Thanks to your donations, shares, and unwavering support, each one of these beautiful souls has a soft place to land, a future to look forward to, and a life filled with care and compassion.

As part of their transition, four of the horses are quarantining together—a comforting way to adjust as they begin this new chapter.

From fear and uncertainty to freedom and safety, this is the power of community. This is the power of you.

Thank you for standing with us.
Stay tuned—the next group will need us soon.

Together, we save lives.

➡️ laughingponyrescue.org

🙏🐴❤️ ALL HORSES HAVE HOMES!!! Such great news: every single one of these 11 have homes. Thank you all again. 🙏🐴❤️🔔 UPD...
05/31/2025

🙏🐴❤️ ALL HORSES HAVE HOMES!!! Such great news: every single one of these 11 have homes. Thank you all again. 🙏🐴❤️
🔔 UPDATE 🔔 WE have raised the funds to buy ALL of their freedom! YOU ARE AMAZING! Thank you for stepping up for these horses. As we like to say, "Saving one horse will not change the world, but it will change the world for that one horse." And you've changed the world for all eleven of these horses. Also: we realize our team put one wrong picture on #411 the Palomino Mare - the picture is being replaced.

**ORIGINAL POST***
We know this is already on your reels - but just to be doubly sure everyone who can help has the opportunity to help: Please help us save these horses!
We’re racing the clock to save 11 horses from shipping to slaughter.
We have loving homes lined up for 7 of them—we just need $5,500 to buy their freedom and get them safe.
The remaining 4 horses still need both funding and placement, and we’re confident this amazing community will step up. We need an additional $3,375 to secure their chance at life.
That’s a total of $8,875 to save all 11 horses—a small price for 11 lives full of hope and healing.
Two of these mares recently gave birth, only to be separated from their foals. They deserve rest, recovery, and kindness—not a one-way trip.

Every donation brings them closer to safety (link in bio).
➡️ laughingponyrescue.org/donate

Thank you for always showing up. Let’s bring them home—together.

🙏🐴❤️ ALL HORSES HAVE HOMES!!! Such great news: every single one of these 11 have homes. Thank you all again. 🙏🐴❤️🔔 UPD...
05/31/2025

🙏🐴❤️ ALL HORSES HAVE HOMES!!! Such great news: every single one of these 11 have homes. Thank you all again. 🙏🐴❤️
🔔 UPDATE 🔔 WE have raised the funds to buy ALL of their freedom! YOU ARE AMAZING! Thank you for stepping up for these horses. As we like to say, "Saving one horse will not change the world, but it will change the world for that one horse." And you've changed the world for all eleven of these horses. Also: we realize our team put one wrong picture on #411 the Palomino Mare - the picture is being added in the comments.

***ORIGINAL POST*** Help Us Save Them Before It’s Too Late
We’re racing the clock to save 11 horses from shipping to slaughter.
We have loving homes lined up for 7 of them—we just need $5,500 to buy their freedom and get them safe.
The remaining 4 horses still need both funding and placement, and we’re confident this amazing community will step up. We need an additional $3,375 to secure their chance at life.
That’s a total of $8,875 to save all 11 horses—a small price for 11 lives full of hope and healing.
Two of these mares recently gave birth, only to be separated from their foals. They deserve rest, recovery, and kindness—not a one-way trip.
Every donation brings them closer to safety.
➡️ laughingponyrescue.org/donate

Thank you for always showing up. Let’s bring them home—together.

This Memorial Day, We Remember.Today we honor the brave men and women of the U.S. military who gave their lives in servi...
05/26/2025

This Memorial Day, We Remember.
Today we honor the brave men and women of the U.S. military who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice makes our freedom possible, and we are forever grateful.

At Laughing Pony Rescue, we’re also thinking of the veterans and active-duty military members who give their time, compassion, and strength to care for our rescued animals. Your service—both past and present—means the world to us.

Thank you. We remember. We honor.

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Laughing Pony Rescue!Today we celebrate the love, strength, and devotion of mothers...
05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Laughing Pony Rescue!

Today we celebrate the love, strength, and devotion of mothers everywhere—including the incredible mama horses who’ve found safety and care here at the ranch.

Barbie, Gino’s devoted mamma, and Cara Mia, who once nurtured her own foal, remind us daily of the fierce and gentle spirit of motherhood.

To all the moms—two-legged and four—we honor you today. 💗 #

Photo credit for Barbie's picture to

It’s World Donkey Day! 🐴 Today we’re celebrating four of the best long-eared friends you’ll ever meet:Dynamite & Daisy -...
05/08/2025

It’s World Donkey Day! 🐴 Today we’re celebrating four of the best long-eared friends you’ll ever meet:

Dynamite & Daisy - our inseparable pair of big-hearted donkeys who do everything together. From grazing to napping to supervising barn chores, these two are proof that happy marriages have hooves.

Lefty & Poncho – our pint-sized pair of mini donkeys with big personalities. Don’t let their size fool you, they run the show around here.

Every donkey at Laughing Pony Rescue has their own story, but they all share one thing: a second chance at a happy, healthy life. 💛

Thank you for helping us give these sweet, snuggly animals the love and care they deserve.

04/25/2025

🐴❤️ One more video… we couldn’t resist.
Our sweet rescued draft cross boy has the calmest eyes. Look at that face, so calm, kind, and full of heart—he’s everything we hoped he’d be.
Thank you for helping us give him this chance.

04/25/2025

🐴❤️ HE’S SAFE—Thanks to YOU!! ❤️🐴
Our sweet bay draft cross gelding is at his new home. He was so scared and because of your generosity, he now has a second chance at life.
We can't thank you enough for stepping up when it mattered most. This is what rescue looks like—community, compassion, and action.
From the bottom of our hearts: thank you!!!

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Laughing Pony Rescue was established as a 501(c)3 in May of 2010. However, the inception of what came to be LPR’s mission began many years ago in the heart of a little girl being raised in New York City. Her name is Celia Sciacca and from as long as she can remember, horses were her saving grace. Celia got her first horse at ten years old, Hot Foot Honey. She used to ride her ba****ck through the streets of New York.

Celia’s first rescue was an Appaloosa stallion named Don, who was on his way to the feed lot to get fattened up and then sent to the slaughter-house for meat. Celia was among the first to go to Nevada to help rescue their wild Mustangs. Celia would take on what others would deem the "untrainable" horse. She often helped other rescues to train difficult horses so that they could be placed in good homes. She helped individual owners with similar problems as well.

Celia is the President of Laughing Pony Rescue, Inc., founded with the purpose of rescuing and rehabilitating sick, abandoned, abused and slaughter-bound horses of any breed. Each day she and her team of volunteers take care of up to 20 horses at the Laughing Pony Rescue Ranch. Celia has rescued or assisted in the rescue of more than 1200 horses. She nursed many of these rescues back to health healing their mind, body and spirit. Finally she created a detailed criteria that allowed her to pair rehabilitated horses with loving homes that were sure to live up to her standards.