Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue

05/22/2026

Amazing news coming from Capital Hill today!

BREAKING: Today, the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced language that would bar the transportation of horses for slaughter for human consumption in the US and abroad.

Each year, more than 20,000 American horses are trucked to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico, where they are brutally butchered for their meat using ineffective stunning methods that can leave them conscious during dismemberment.

The bipartisan amendment to the Committee’s five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, led by Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), would close the legal loophole that permits this practice, achieving the same policy goal as the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act.

AWI joins the ASPCA, Return To Freedom, Wild Horse Conservation, The Wild Beauty Foundation, and advocates throughout the country in urging Congress to bring this widely supported measure across the finish line.

📸: Alisha

05/21/2026

Intake day for the newbies! Each new intake gets a full work up by our Veterinarian, including a weigh in, vaccinations and dewormer, an individual diet plan, prescribed medications to treat a variety of ailments, a physical treatment plan and schedule to address skin and other issues, an intake farrier visit, and intake dental…it’s a lot, but when they’ve gone years without proper care, it takes the whole team to get them back on track!

05/19/2026

These are the best days! For us, and hopefully, for the horses who have finally found safety and comfort at long last ❤️ As you watch their arrival home, we hope you feel the same sense of peace and pride that we do. In the next few days, they’ll get baths, see the vet, get their feet trimmed, some of them will start on medications to help ease arthritic pains, and anything else they may need. Welcome to your new lives at Gentle Giants!

05/17/2026

Y’all have absolutely spoiled us and we are so thankful!!

Earlier this month in our April Newsletter, we shared that many of our fly masks around the farm had seen better days and most horses were wearing masks that were seriously torn up from years of use. Within days the Amazon trucks were rolling in with totes full of brand new masks, including several high quality equivisor masks that provide 90-100% UV protection! This isn’t just about style - we have many horses who have come to us with painful eye conditions like uveitis, glaucoma, corneal ulcers, and more, and they need the added UV protection.

We’re so grateful to each of you for your support - please know when you send our horses new gear, special shampoos or tasty treats, those items get put to use right away and our whole team is deeply appreciative for all the ways you help us provide for our horses every day!

If you’d like to send some goodies to the horses, our Amazon wishlist can be found here:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1E5V9LA153RMK/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex?

04/22/2026

Check out Bruce and Boudicca’s transformations! They’ve come a long way since our New Year, New Life mission in January!

04/20/2026

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

The scammers are at it again, and we need your help getting them shut down NOW! A fake YouTube account has been created using our logo and content, and they're using their personal PayPal link to fraudulently solicit donations while impersonating us.

Please go to YouTube and report them immediately - the more we can overwhelm YouTube with our concerns, the sooner they'll hear us and get these impostors removed.

Link to fake account: 👉
https://www.youtube.com//videos

04/17/2026

Mr. Yeti got a bath and is so clean and sparkly! Can’t wait to compare these photos in a few weeks and see how much progress he’s made in his rehab ❤️

04/16/2026

Yeti had his intake exam yesterday! He’s not in the best of health with a body condition score of 3, a suspicious lump under his tail, scars on his skin, and inflammation on his third eyelids that will need protect from UV rays, but we’ve got a plan to help with all of that! He’s also estimated to be 22 years old!!