My name is Penelope Cruz!

Posted 1 day ago

Cared for by Defensa Animal de Puerto Rico

My basic info

Breed

Gaited/Other/Unknown

Color

–

Age

Young

Size

Medium (when grown)

Sex

Female

Pet ID

22151794

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Please reference www.DefensaAnimalDePuertoRico.org/Adopt to learn how adoptions work with Defensa & Rescuers.

This Mare was rescued in 2022. As of 2025 she is 11 years old according to our Equine Dentist. More on her rescue can be found in her Facebook photo album https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2835750913236000&type=3

Interested in adopting or finding out more please email us at DefensaRincon@gmail.com we are ARescuedHorse.org

Penelope Cruz #ARescuedHorse

A Police requested rescue from a highly abusive and neglected situation. Starved and hit. She is difficult to work with and doesn't trust but that's to be expected. We don't give up even when they do not appreciate being rescued.

Exactly what was happening was she was living in open land with a horse that was cared for by its owner. But Penelope's owner never visited and the land was dirt and weeds. The 2nd horse's owner would visit daily and carry a big bucket of grain around the land letting his horse and only his horse eat from it. Whenever Penelope approached to enjoy grain from the bucket the guy would hit her - and he was a BIG GUY!!!

Thank you for considering adopting a rescued animal. Learn more about what we do and support our efforts to help the street animals of Puerto Rico at www.DefensaAnimalDePuertoRico.org

Rescue

Defensa Animal de Puerto Rico

Contact info

Pet ID

22151794

Contact

—

Phone

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defensarincon@gmail.com

Website

http://DefensaAnimalDePuertoRico.org

Address

Rincon, PR 00677

Donation

http://DefensaAnimalDePuertoRico.org/donate or PayPal to defensarincon@gmail.com

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

Our adoption process works by allowing potential adopters to work directly with the animal's rescuer to decide if it is a good match! You can find the rescuer's contact information in the animal's adoption listing. Should you encounter any problems reaching the rescuer, please let us know at defensarincon@gmail.com – we are here to help!

You can read more about our adoption process at http://DefensaAnimalDePuertoRico.org/adopt

For off-island adoption, please see http://DefensaAnimalDePuertoRico.org/travel

Go meet their pets

Please use the rescuer's contact information in the animal's adoption listing to arrange a meet and greet.

More about this rescue

Defensa Animal de Puerto Rico is a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit working to help the dogs, cats and horses on the island by:

- Lowering the number of dogs, cats and horses that are injured, un-owned or neglected by providing adoption marketing and financial assistance for vet services
- Increasing the rate of sterilization of all cats and dogs and castration of stallions/horses
- Taking in, rehabilitating and rehoming unwanted, injured or abandoned horses

For dogs, cats, pigs, birds, etc., Defensa relies on foster homes. For horse rescue, Defensa utilizes donated land.

Other pets at this rescue

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