Whether you’re looking for your next show-ring champion, an endurance athlete, a trail horse, a therapeutic riding mount or a mellow companion, chances are you can find the perfect horse in an unexpected way: adoption. “There are horses of all different shapes and sizes, ages, breeds, colors and disciplines,” says Emily Weiss, Ph.D., vice president of Equine Welfare for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
Through The Right Horse, the ASPCA’s initiative, the organization is working to increase adoptions, improve the lives of horses in transition and collaborate with industry professionals, equine welfare organizations and advocates. On its online adoption platform www.myrighthorse.org, potential adopters can view hundreds of horses ready for many different careers.