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Fresh Start Horse Rescue

17390 CR 23, Dolores, CO 81323

Contact Amanda Ryan
Email freshstart@happyryan.com
Phone
horses at Fresh Start Horse Rescue
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Areas Fresh Start Horse Rescue serves

The Four Corners Area:
SW Colorado
NW New Mexico
SE Utah
NE Arizona
and all of Colorado

Fresh Start Horse Rescue's adoption process

Additional adoption info

Fees: negotiable from $200 to $1500 or hay donation of equivalent value. Minimum fee: $200
Adopters must visit and interact with their chosen horse at Fresh Start at least three times before adoption. Adopter is responsible for pre-purchase vet check if desired. Adopter must sign a statement of commitment and provide veterinary and personal references. Fresh Start must conduct a site visit prior to adoption. Adopters should expect follow-up calls and/or visits from Fresh Start volunteers.
Detailed information is on our Web site.

About Fresh Start Horse Rescue

Fresh Start Horse Rescue is an all-volunteer, family-run, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a Colorado nonprofit corporation. We have been rescuing horses since 2005.
Our mission is to provide a fresh start for horses that are unwanted, abused, in danger of sale for slaughter or simply in a situation where their loving owners can no longer take care of them. We rescue, rehabilitate, re-socialize, care for, train and find permanent homes for all breeds of horses, and we have a special interest in abused mustangs.

Fresh Start Horse Rescue's adopted pets

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