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.

We did it! 🎉 Thanks to your incredible generosity, we raised all the funds needed to bail out all eight horses from the ...
09/01/2025

We did it! 🎉 Thanks to your incredible generosity, we raised all the funds needed to bail out all eight horses from the feedlot.
Because of you, they now have a second chance at life, a chance they would not have had without this community standing together.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for making this rescue possible. Stay tuned for photos of their freedom rides.

‼️We’ve raised enough to save 4 of the horses we posted about, but there are still 4 more waiting for someone to help t...
08/28/2025

‼️We’ve raised enough to save 4 of the horses we posted about, but there are still 4 more waiting for someone to help them.‼️
They only have until Monday to get off the feedlot. Please, any amount you can give will help us get them to safety.
👉 Donate here: laughingponyrescue.org/donate

🚨 URGENT RESCUE IN PROGRESS 🚨Eight horses are on a feedlot, and without our help, they will ship on Monday (Labor Day). ...
08/27/2025

🚨 URGENT RESCUE IN PROGRESS 🚨
Eight horses are on a feedlot, and without our help, they will ship on Monday (Labor Day). We have 5 days to raise $6,245 to save them. Can you help?

Every dollar makes a difference in giving these horses the second chance they deserve.

👉 Donate here: laughingponyrescue.com/donate [link in bio]

08/18/2025

Four years ago, Elva, named after a beloved sister who left this world too soon, was pulled by us from a feedlot in Washington State. She was skinny, injured, and had a foal ripped from her. Today, Elva now goes by Suki and is learning how to be a domestic horse.

Thank you, Kelly Cochran, for sharing this video and allowing us to share with our followers! "Before" photos will be in the comments.

If you'd like to support us in saving more horses like Suki, please consider donating:
https://laughingponyrescue.org/donate

Does anyone remember the little pregnant filly we helped save in February? Well, her adopter sent us an update tonight, ...
08/07/2025

Does anyone remember the little pregnant filly we helped save in February? Well, her adopter sent us an update tonight, and we couldnt be more thrilled! From unhandled and unloved, to getting an education as a valued member of the family, we couldn't be more happy for Guiness and her foal, Renoir, and their mom, Erika! Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Stories like this make it all worth it.

If you'd like to support us in saving more horses like Guiness, please consider donating:
https://laughingponyrescue.org/donate

Here are some photos of the foals you helped save. Thank you again for jumping in and securing their futures! ...
08/04/2025

Here are some photos of the foals you helped save. Thank you again for jumping in and securing their futures!

The 13 foals you helped us save arrived at their rehab location in the wee hours of the morning. We are thankful for oth...
08/04/2025

The 13 foals you helped us save arrived at their rehab location in the wee hours of the morning. We are thankful for other rescues working with us to ensure they have bright futures!

UPDATE: thanks to YOU, we were able to ensure all three yearlings (two chestnut c**ts and one bay c**t) and the bred mar...
07/29/2025

UPDATE: thanks to YOU, we were able to ensure all three yearlings (two chestnut c**ts and one bay c**t) and the bred mare are safe!

🎉We made the deadline, all thanks to you!🎉

In total, we were able to save 13 foals thanks to your generosity. More foals were dropped off last night, and we were able to ensure their safety with the others.

We just received an URGENT plea for help. We ONLY have 24 hours to secure their safety. ELEVEN foals are still at the f...
07/28/2025

We just received an URGENT plea for help. We ONLY have 24 hours to secure their safety.

ELEVEN foals are still at the feedlot in AZ. A rescue that had promised to bail them out backed out at the last minute. Now, they have no one—unless we can raise at least $3,250. That amount only covers their bail. Hopefully we will be able to raise more to help a mare in foal plus a mare with foal.

Two foster rescues are ready and willing to care for them, but we must raise the funds today. These are very young foals. They will need to be bottle fed.

We’ve stepped in before. And with your help, we can do it again.
Please, if you can, donate now: https://laughingponyrescue.org/donate

We are their only chance.
How can we possibly turn away?



**UPDATE 7-27*** WE DID IT! Thanks to you and another rescue, this foal and the other 2 foals we shared on the previous ...
07/25/2025

**UPDATE 7-27*** WE DID IT! Thanks to you and another rescue, this foal and the other 2 foals we shared on the previous post are SAFE! We are so grateful for all of your donations. Thank you!****
ORIGINAL POST:
This foal's mom died and is now in need of immediate help. We need to raise $500 just to get this 5 week old baby to safety. We posted an update on the previous foals' post, but could not add pictures. Please help if you can.

**UPDATE 7-27*** WE DID IT! Thanks to you and another rescue, these foals and the other foal we shared are SAFE! We are ...
07/24/2025

**UPDATE 7-27*** WE DID IT! Thanks to you and another rescue, these foals and the other foal we shared are SAFE! We are so grateful for all of your donations. Thank you!****
ORIGINAL POST:
You know we can’t resist helping babies in need... and, we've done it again. We paid out of our own funds to bail out these two injured orphan foals. They were part of a dispersal, and they are far too young to be off their mom. They both sustained some injuries and will need medical care. We just couldn't turn away. There's a foster who can get them healthy; they left at 5am this morning to pick up the foals. Can you help us raise the money to reimburse our own funds and help cover travel costs and vetting? Every dollar helps. We're hoping to raise at least $400 each but the more we can raise the more we can support the foster with their rehabilitation and care costs.
[Donate here] https://laughingponyrescue.org/donate (link in bio as well)

07/11/2025

Remember the foals you saved? Look at them now! So sweet, splashing in the water, just being babies. We love getting these update videos from the rescues we help facilitate. So grateful for all your support.

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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.