Over 20,000 horses ship to slaughter across the border in Mexico every single year. These are wild horses, old horses, lame horses, and injured horses. The horses no one wanted to give a chance! That's where we come in. We intercept America's Wild Horses in their final stops before becoming meat in Mexico, and give them a lifetime in sanctuary instead.
Right now- the US/Mexico border is CLOSED to horse slaughter exports due to a parasite outbreak along the border, which may seem like a good thing because no horses are being slaughtered. But here is the reality: Now, these horses are STUCK in what are called kill pens (essentially feedlots for horses) where they don't receive medical care, and there's usually not enough hay to go around. These are places filled with small pens, where sickness and disease run rampant and are especially dangerous to wild horses who have had limited exposure to the diseases domestic horses face all the time.
They've been stuck there since the border closed at the beginning of June 2026.... that's weeks and weeks on end with no hope in sight. There are mom & baby pairs, groups of bonded Bureau of Land Management mustangs, and whole families inside these lots!
For our July rescue mission we are going INSIDE one of the biggest kill pens in the United States, sharing the horses stories that we meet there and WITH YOUR HELP- bringing home as many wild horses as we can. We have a goal to bring 40 horses home to safety and freedom!
This is an opportunity not just to step in for the horses currently stuck in kill pens, but to change the future for any American horses that find themselves headed for slaughter.
How, you ask? Well, the legislators that are still hesitant of passing the SAFE act, which would permanently ban the export of American horses for slaughter, are looking at this time period and saying "Well, if we pass the SAFE Act, where do all these unwanted horses end up?!" If we can SHOW them that rescue communities will come together for these horses, and convince them that with proper funding rescues and sanctuaries are happy to step in for these horses, that will prove that there are no unwanted horses. Then, we are closer than ever to having the SAFE Act passed, protecting ALL of America's horses for the future to come. Yes- this rescue mission is THAT important!!!
We need DONATIONS to pull this off!! If you can't donate, please share our social media posts, leave a note of encouragement on them and pray for the success of this rescue mission and safety of these horses!!
MATCHING DONATION OFFERS:
$10,000 matched out of $10,000 offered by Sara 🎉
$32,584 matched out of $40,000 offered by Carol
$0 out of $10,000 offered by Susan
UPDATES:
7/10: We'll be arriving to the kill pen tomorrow morning! Stay tuned to our social media accounts to see who we meet first....
7/11: Today we learned that there are 26 mustangs who will be shipping to Canada to be slaughtered on Monday! The kill buyers are tired of waiting for the Mexico border to reopen... so they're starting to send horses to Canada. They let us know they've been fattening them up just for this reason- Canada is picky on the horses they will accept for slaughter, whereas Mexico is not at all. Among the 26 there is an incredibly sweet filly that is not even two years old. There are several bonded pairs. There's two pregnant mommas. There's an outcast gelding. Two old man buddies. The most gorgeous mustang I've ever seen. We have to fight HARD for them. We thought we would have more time... but we were wrong. We have until Monday to get most of them safe and then maybe, just maybe... stop the truck dead in it's tracks because there arent enough horses "fat enough" for the load!!
7/12: Tomorrow evening at 7pm is the DEADLINE!! Let's keep this going... Mojave's friend needs OUT, Rue's momma needs OUT, and all the rest are just as deserving of LIFE in sanctuary!!! Once we have saved all that we can out of this load... we will work on the remaining horses to hit our goal to rescue 40 horses out of the slaughter pipeline during this rescue mission!
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Nirvana Mustang Sanctuary
PO Box 10
Atlanta, TX 75551
