horse adoption
Finding forever
Every May, the ASPCA Right Horse program promotes a horse adoption campaign that has seen amazing success stories.
BY HOPE ELLIS-ASHBURN
David spent hours bonding with the timid pony, who ended up staying as a permanent resident at Alina Bartlett’s farm.
COURTESY ALINA BARTLETT
Adopting a horse, regardless of when or how it occurs, is always a special occasion and a reason to celebrate. But since 2021, the entire month of May has been dedicated to placing special emphasis on promoting adoptable horses and, very likely, placing them in a perfectly matched new home. Will 2025 be the year that you take part?
CHEYENNE & WHISPER
Alexa Atchison of West Farmington, Ohio, had always dreamed of owning a horse.
“When I was told that I was going to get one, I couldn’t keep my eyes off myrighthorse.org,” Atchison says.
While much needed to be done before she and her family were able to bring a new horse home, when she saw Cheyenne and her dam advertised, they immediately planned a visit for the following day to ASPCA Right Horse Partner Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary in nearby Raveena, Ohio. During the visit, while Atchison was busy meeting the horses, her father noticed the cute-faced Whisper in the stall across the aisle.